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For Trade Contractors & Public Works Builders

Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage Bookkeeping for Contractors

DIR Compliance, WH-347 Reporting & Job Costing

Tidwell Bookkeeping handles certified payroll and prevailing wage compliance for contractors on public works projects.

We take on the compliance work most bookkeepers avoid, so you can win bids, pass audits, and get paid on time. Based in Atascadero, serving California and nationwide.

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Prevailing Wage Compliance Is Unforgiving. Your Bookkeeper Should Be a Specialist.

A late certified payroll report can hold up your payment. A misclassified worker can trigger a DIR audit and penalties. Job costs buried in a generic P&L hide which projects actually made money. Most firms treat construction like any other business. Tidwell doesn’t. We handle prevailing wage determinations, DIR reporting, fringe benefits, union rules, and the cash flow of progress billing and retention. You get a bookkeeper who speaks contractor.

Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage Compliance Services

DIR Reporting & Electronic Certified 
Payroll (eCPR)
We file your certified payroll through California’s DIR portal accurately and on time, so every public works project stays compliant and your payments keep flowing.
Prevailing Wage Determination & Fringe Benefit Tracking
We apply the correct wage determinations by trade and classification, track fringe benefit contributions, and file your WH-347 forms correctly for Davis-Bacon projects.
Job Costing & Work-in-Progress (WIP)
Know your true cost and profit on every project. We set up job costing that ties labor, materials, and overhead to each job, plus WIP schedules your bonding company and CPA will trust.
Union & Multi-Trade Payroll Compliance
Multiple unions, rates, and reporting requirements: we manage the complexity so your payroll stays accurate and audit-ready.
 Monthly Construction 
Bookkeeping
Beyond compliance, we keep your books clean: reconciliations, AP/AR, equipment tracking, and financials structured the way contractors actually read them.

Why Contractors Choose Tidwell 
Over Generic Firms

Most general bookkeeping firms skip prevailing wage work entirely. They can balance a checkbook, but they can’t file your certified payroll or defend a job-cost report. Tidwell is a certified payroll and prevailing wage specialist, which means fewer compliance fires, cleaner financials, and a partner who already knows the rules of public works.

Compliance-First
Certified payroll, DIR, and prevailing wage handled correctly the first time.

Built for Trades
Job costing and WIP tracking designed around how contractors 
actually operate.

Local Roots, Nationwide Reach
Anchored in Atascadero, CA, supporting contractors across California and the U.S. virtually.

Specialized Certified Payroll & Prevailing Wage Services

Tidwell Bookkeeping Services manages certified payroll, prevailing wage determinations, DIR electronic reporting, WH-347 filings, fringe benefit tracking, and union compliance for trade contractors and construction companies. We also handle job costing and work-in-progress accounting for general contractors, subcontractors, electricians, plumbers, and specialty trades on public works and Davis-Bacon projects. Based in Atascadero, we serve San Luis Obispo County and nationwide through secure virtual bookkeeping.

What Contractors Say

Jake R., Project Manager

Tim handled our messy QuickBooks cleanup and got our certified payroll filing back on track. We stopped worrying about DIR and got back to building.

Jake R., Project Manager

Riverside Construction, Paso Robles, CA
Jake R., Project Manager

Tim handled our messy QuickBooks cleanup and got our certified payroll filing back on track. We stopped worrying about DIR and got back to building.

Jake R., Project Manager

Riverside Construction, Paso Robles, CA

 Stay Compliant. Win Bids. Get Paid on Time.

Let’s review your certified payroll process and books before they become a compliance problem. Schedule a call and see how much easier prevailing wage compliance can be.
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