Plain-English answers for small subcontractors, sourced to the regulations. No fear-bait, no filler.
Civil penalties, back wages, withheld payments, debarment, and criminal exposure for Davis-Bacon certified payroll violations, with the regulations that create each one.
Who the Davis-Bacon Act covers, the $2,000 threshold, wage determinations, weekly certified payroll, and what changes when a state adds its own prevailing-wage law.
How Davis-Bacon fringe benefits work on the WH-347: plan credits versus cash in lieu, why fringe applies to every hour including overtime hours, and a worked example with real wage determination rates.
A plain-English walkthrough of the current Jan-2025 WH-347 certified payroll form: every column, the day/date grid, deductions, and the Statement of Compliance.
Do you file certified payroll for a week with no covered work? What federal rules say, what agencies ask for, and how payroll numbering works.
Column by column, what changed on the January 2025 WH-347, what replaced the old Statement of Compliance, and what happened to form WH-348.
Page 2 of the WH-347 explained: the six certifications, the apprenticeship and fringe plan sections, who should sign, and the legal weight of the signature.
The WH-347 holds eight workers per sheet. What to do when your crew is bigger: how continuation sheets work, how to number them, and the mistakes that get multi-sheet payrolls kicked back.
Everything a small subcontractor should have in place before the first payroll week on a prevailing-wage project: wage determination, classifications, fringe decision, apprentice papers, and the weekly filing habit.
California's prevailing wage law, the $1,000 threshold, Form A-1-131, mandatory electronic filing through DIR's eCPR system, and why the federal WH-347 alone is not enough.
Georgia has no state prevailing wage law, so certified payroll obligations come entirely from the federal Davis-Bacon and Related Acts on federally funded construction over $2,000.
The Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, monthly Certified Transcript of Payroll filings in IDOL's portal by the 15th, five-year records, and penalties up to a Class A misdemeanor.
Maryland's prevailing wage law at $250,000 with state funding, mandatory electronic certified payroll through the Division of Labor and Industry portal within 14 days of each pay period, and daily late penalties.
Massachusetts prevailing wage with no threshold, weekly certified payroll with the DLS form and statement of compliance sent to the awarding authority, three-year records, and fines up to $10,000.
Minnesota's prevailing wage thresholds, per-pay-period certified payroll submitted to the contracting agency rather than a statewide portal, and misdemeanor penalties that accrue daily.
New Jersey's Prevailing Wage Act thresholds, contractor registration, the MW-562 certified payroll filed through the NJ Wage Hub within 10 days of payday, and debarment penalties.
New York's public work prevailing wage rules under Labor Law Article 8, mandatory contractor registration, electronic certified payroll through the MPWR portal, and penalties including five-year debarment.
Ohio's prevailing wage thresholds under ORC 4115, reports to the public authority's Prevailing Wage Coordinator, the two-week initial deadline, and why WH-347 alone likely falls short.
Oregon's PWR law over $50,000, the WH-38 certified statement filed monthly with the public agency, why WH-347 alone fails BOLI's test, and the ineligible list.
Pennsylvania's Prevailing Wage Act over $25,000, the LLC-25 weekly certification submitted to the awarding public body, two-year records, and three-year debarment for intentional violations.
Washington's prevailing wage law with no dollar threshold, the L&I online system for intents, affidavits, and certified payroll, monthly filing, and debarment rules.
Why most free WH-347 Excel templates copy an outdated form layout, where spreadsheet fringe and overtime math goes wrong, and when a template is genuinely enough.
What LCPtracker is, why subcontractors end up in it, when you can and cannot avoid it, and what a sub-side certified payroll tool does differently.
Where QuickBooks Online and Desktop actually stand on WH-347 certified payroll, which plan tier you need, what the output misses, and how small subs typically fill the gap.
The free generator fills the current official WH-347 with the math done to the cent. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
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