WH-347 guides

Practical guides to the Davis-Bacon weekly certified payroll layout (Form WH-347, Rev. January 2025), based on the form itself and the DOL instructions. Not legal advice.

• What to look for in a certified payroll generator
  What to look for in a certified payroll generator for the WH-347 layout: where your data goes, validation, unsigned page 2, continuation sheets and cost.
• How to fill out the WH-347, field by field
  A field-by-field walk through the Rev. January 2025 WH-347 layout: header boxes, worker columns 1A to 9, and the page-2 Statement of Compliance.
• The WH-347 Rev. January 2025 edition: what is on it
  What the Rev. January 2025 WH-347 contains: OMB 1235-0008 expiring 01/31/2028, header checkboxes, columns 1A to 9, and the six-item page 2.
• Fringe benefit columns on the WH-347
  How fringe benefits show on the WH-347: column 6B credit, 6C cash in lieu, page-2 item 5 and its hourly-credit table, funded vs unfunded plans.
• Making a WH-347 from an Excel or CSV payroll export
  How to turn a CSV or Excel payroll export into the WH-347 layout: the columns you need, row shapes, column mapping, validation checks and SSN last 4.
• Making a WH-347 from a Gusto payroll export
  Which Gusto report to download for the WH-347 layout (payroll journal or a custom report as CSV or Excel), the check-date caution, and how to map it once.
• Making a WH-347 from QuickBooks Payroll
  QuickBooks Payroll has its own certified payroll report. What it covers, what you still enter by hand, and how to map a QuickBooks spreadsheet into the WH-347 layout.
• Overtime and daily hours on the WH-347
  How daily hours, ST and OT rows, weekly totals and ST/OT rates work in WH-347 columns 4, 5 and 6A, plus the checks the WH-347 Layout Tool runs.
• The WH-347 Statement of Compliance (page 2)
  Who signs the WH-347 Statement of Compliance, what the six items certify, which boxes to check, and what happened to the old fringe items 4(a) and 4(b).