Level + Miter
Level for Miter users
Miter handles field timecards, prevailing wage rates, and WH-347 certified payroll filings. Level is the controller and CFO team on top: we reconcile Miter payroll clearing, split cash-in-lieu versus bona fide fringe trust contributions, allocate loaded labor burden to every job, and build your monthly ASC 606 WIP schedule.
Construction payroll, WH-347 certified payroll, prevailing wage & field timecards
Partnership means working alongside your existing systems. Formal vendor affiliations are identified separately. Connections depend on edition, permissions and agreed scope.
What Miter does
- Field timecard capture tied to jobs, phases, and cost codes
- Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon rate determination by trade classification
- Automated WH-347 and state certified payroll report generation
- Multi-state tax withholding and union benefit calculations
- Payroll journal pushes into QuickBooks Online or Sage Intacct
Workflows to verify in your Miter setup
Check your edition, configuration, people and connected tools. This list is a review scope, not a vendor-wide capability exclusion.
- Reconcile net wage ACH, tax impounds, and benefit debits when bank feeds create duplicate entries in QuickBooks
- Produce monthly ASC 606 Underbillings and Overbillings WIP schedules across all open jobs
- Evaluate whether routing cash-in-lieu fringes into a bona fide trust saves 15% to 18% in FICA and Workers' Comp
- Tie supply-house AP bills and progress billings to the same job phases as Miter labor
- Provide a fractional CFO for surety bonding capacity, 13-week cash flow, and bank covenant reviews
What Level adds on top
- Zero-balance Payroll Clearing reconciliation so net wage ACH, tax impounds, and fringe trust transfers match Miter journals to the penny
- Loaded labor burden allocation (base wage + FICA + FUTA/SUTA + trade Workers' Comp + fringes) mapped to Direct COGS by job vs. Overhead
- Monthly ASC 606 WIP schedule combining Miter actual job labor with materials, subcontractors, and progress billings
- Prevailing wage fringe tax diagnostic showing exact FICA and Workers' Comp savings from bona fide fringe trust routing
- Rolling 13-week cash forecast accounting for weekly certified payroll outflows vs. 30 to 60 day GC progress draw inflows
What you see with Miter alone vs. with Level on top
Miter remains the system of record for the work it manages. Your accounting ledger remains the books of record. Level adds financial insight across the records connected in your engagement.
| Capability | Miter alone | Miter + Level |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll clearing tie-out | Miter pushes payroll journal entries while bank feeds show 3 separate cash withdrawals | ✓Zero-balance Payroll Clearing reconciles net wages, tax impounds, and fringe debits every pay run |
| Prevailing wage fringe strategy | Calculates required prevailing wage and fringe rates per hour | ✓Models and reconciles bona fide fringe trust deductions to eliminate ~16.8% FICA and Workers' Comp leakage |
| Monthly WIP schedule | Tracks labor hours and wages by job | ✓Combines Miter labor with materials, subs, and retainage into an audit-ready ASC 606 WIP schedule |
| 13-week cash forecasting | Shows upcoming payroll run totals | ✓Projects weekly payroll funding against GC draw approvals, retainage releases, and credit line availability |
Miter solves certified payroll compliance. Level turns that data into job margin and WIP.
Most contractors using Miter still lump payroll tax and Workers' Comp into overhead on the P&L. Level maps full loaded labor burden to each job so your cost-to-cost percent complete and gross margin by crew are accurate every month.
Stop paying FICA and Workers' Comp on prevailing wage fringes.
Paying Davis-Bacon fringes as cash wages on the paycheck adds employer payroll tax and Workers' Comp to every fringe dollar. Level helps you quantify and reconcile bona fide fringe trust contributions cleanly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Level replace Miter?+
No. You keep Miter for field timecards, prevailing wage compliance, and WH-347 payroll processing. Level is the bookkeeping, controller, and fractional CFO team that reconciles Miter into QuickBooks Online or Sage Intacct and builds your monthly WIP and cash forecast.
Can Level clean up historical Miter payroll sync errors in QuickBooks?+
Yes. Our $300 48-Hour QuickBooks Fix Sprint reconciles stuck Payroll Clearing balances, double-counted wage expenses, and unallocated job labor in two business days.
Related contractor tools & guides
Integration pairs supported by our reporting and reconciliation work. Each guide explains documented vendor capabilities, known failure modes and the installed records to verify. Built workflows are scoped to the engagement, licensed products and permissions; a listed pair is not a promise of a universal connector.
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