Fintra Feature
Payroll that job-costs every labor dollar
Why construction payroll is different
On a construction job, payroll isn’t just a cost to the company: it’s a cost to a specific job and cost code. A crew can work three jobs in a week at different rates, and unless those hours are coded, the job-cost report understates labor and the margins look wrong. Construction payroll has to feed job costing, not sit beside it.
- Crews split time across jobs and cost codes within a single pay period.
- Labor cost must reach the job-cost sub-ledger to make the job-cost report complete.
- Prevailing-wage and multi-rate work demands accurate rate handling.
How Fintra handles it
- Payroll runs on a verified tax engine, so withholdings and employer taxes are handled correctly.
- Labor cost is captured against the job and cost code as a payroll-sourced job-cost line.
- Because payroll flows into job costing, the job-cost report reflects true labor cost per code.
A note on certified payroll
One system, reconciled
Because payroll, job costing, and the general ledger live in one system, labor cost posts once and shows up everywhere it should (the payroll register, the job-cost report, and the GL) without re-keying hours into a separate job-cost spreadsheet.
Questions people ask
Can Fintra job-cost payroll?
Yes. Labor cost from a pay run is captured against the job and cost code it was worked on, as a payroll-sourced line in the job-cost sub-ledger. That means the job-cost report reflects true labor cost per code rather than leaving payroll in a separate register.
Does Fintra generate certified payroll reports?
Not today. Fintra runs multi-rate construction payroll and job-costs labor to cost codes, which is the foundation certified payroll relies on, but automated certified-payroll form generation (such as WH-347) is not part of the current module. We’re clear about the boundary so you can plan around it.
How does labor reach the job-cost report?
When payroll runs, labor cost is posted to the GL and mirrored into the job-cost sub-ledger against the relevant job and cost code, tagged with the labor cost type. It then rolls up on the job-cost report alongside material, equipment, and subcontract costs.
Can a crew split time across jobs?
Yes. Hours can be coded to different jobs and cost codes within a pay period, so a crew working multiple projects has its labor cost allocated to each job correctly rather than lumped into one bucket.
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