SedonaCertified payroll desk · California public works

Sedona Payroll / California public works

Certified payroll.
Clear before you sign.

Keep your payroll system. We prepare and reconcile your agreed certified-payroll package, with findings and open questions in writing. Your authorized officer reviews, signs and submits.

Start a free review $750/month · scope & price

Free review: up to four already-filed California records. No single-job limit.

First contact: business context only. No files or worker information.

Illustrative California construction scene; not a Sedona client project

A worked review

See the useful document that comes back.

A register records what was paid. Sedona tests what sits behind it, then returns an exception log your officer can act on before certifying.

Finding 01

The title in payroll does not match the work in the determination

A payroll register can be internally tidy and still use the wrong classification. The review starts with the work performed, then maps it to the governing wage determination.

Constructed reviewSpecimen — not a client record
Entered class
Skilled laborer
Hours
38.5
Entered base rate
$26.40
Finding
Class is not listed; duties require mapping to the applicable Laborer group

Exception note. The exception log identifies the line, the classification question and the governing source. Labor Code 1774 requires payment of the specified prevailing rates; Labor Code 1775 measures exposure by the work actually performed. The client's officer decides the correction before certification.

02A fringe credit needs its evidence before it becomes a numberOpen

A contribution is not accepted from the register alone. Plan terms, covered hours and the rule that applies must be established first.

Constructed reviewSpecimen — not a client record
Health & welfare payment
$2,000
Total covered hours
2,000
Credit reported
$1.33 / hr
Conditional result
$1.00 / hr; $0.33 remains to reconcile

Exception note. Illustrative and conditional. If Labor Code 1773.1(e) applies and its future-private-work, project-labor-agreement and CAC-payment exceptions do not, the displayed evidence supports the result shown. Federal 29 CFR 5.25 is a different test. Missing plan evidence is unassessed, not a proved debt, and no amount is projected into unreviewed weeks.

03Ratio accounting and notice evidence are separate questionsOpen

An interim hours comparison does not establish a final apprenticeship violation. The applicable standards, election, period and exemptions must be known.

Constructed reviewSpecimen — not a client record
Journeyworker hours
4,820
1:5 comparison
964 apprentice hours
Apprentice hours shown
610; interim difference 354
DAS-140 / DAS-142
Copies not provided; evidence needed

Exception note. DAS-140 is award notification; DAS-142 is the separate dispatch request with its applicable 72-hour rule excluding weekends and holidays. Missing copies do not prove no notice was sent. Labor Code 1777.7 penalties remain separate from debarment under 1777.1(d).

The useful handoff

A prepared package.
A traceable exception log.

Your payroll register is the starting point, not the whole evidence. The review connects the reported work, rates and employer payments to the governing wage determination.

01

Prepared certified-payroll records

An agreed package built from your existing payroll output and the requirements of your filing route.

02

Findings you can trace

The affected line, supporting source, reconciliation and any evidence still needed. An unresolved question stays an open question.

03

A handoff to your officer

Your officer reviews the package and decides corrections before signature and submission. Sedona does not hold your portal credentials.

Ordinary paid scope

$750 / month, flat.

Month to month. No setup fee. No exit fee.

Confirm the actual requirements and scope in writing before commitment. A materially different workload requires a separately agreed scope, responsibilities and fee; it is not silently included.

Begin with the free review
Job
One California public-works job
Payroll source
One
Governing determination
One
Filing route
One
Workers & classifications
Up to 12 workers and four classifications

The working sequence

Each week covered work is performed.

Agree the actual deadlines and responsibilities for the job. The sequence is not a fixed weekday schedule.

  1. 01

    Establish the basis

    Confirm the governing determination, effective increases, filing requirements and needed evidence.

  2. 02

    Prepare & reconcile

    Compare classifications, hours, rates and applicable employer-payment credits with the supporting records.

  3. 03

    Document the questions

    Return the exception log with supported calculations and unresolved items. A review may find no supported discrepancy.

  4. 04

    Your officer acts

    Your authorized officer reviews, decides corrections, signs and submits through the agreed filing route.

Named responsibility

Your officer. Not us.

Sedona is operated by Ramiro Montes, who holds no compliance credential and is not a CPA. Judge the constructed work sample, the source access and the free review—not an invented track record.

Preparation is not certification.

Sedona does not certify payroll records: we do not certify, sign, submit or re-file for clients. Your officer retains those decisions and responsibilities.

Sedona is a private firm, not a government website; not a CPA firm, not a law firm, and not an auditor. It is not a payroll processor or an agency certifier. Nothing here is legal, tax or accounting advice.

No guarantee of agency acceptance, approval or any other outcome. No affiliation with or endorsement by DIR, DLSE, the U.S. Department of Labor or an awarding body.

Primary sources, not borrowed authority

Read it yourself.

Check the reasoning against the official text. California and federal requirements are not interchangeable; the requirements that apply to your job must be established.

Public records are research, not client results

California’s public-works material provides access to enforcement decisions. These are not Sedona customer outcomes or evidence of Sedona’s delivery history. This site identifies no company from those decisions and implies no role in enforcement, monitoring or reporting.

Labor Commissioner: public works
Certification and federal context

California records and certification are addressed in Labor Code 1776; see DIR’s certified payroll reporting guidance for reporting requirements.

For federally assisted work, Form WH-347 and the Statement of Compliance are federal context, not the definition of Sedona’s California service. The instructions address the signer and reference 18 U.S.C. § 1001. Sedona does not take that signature.

All cited authorities

The free first step

Start with a note.
Not your records.

The free back-audit reviews up to four certified payroll records you have already filed on California public works, against the governing determination. No single-job limit. No obligation to subscribe. It is not free production work or a paid pilot.

The finding sheet records supported discrepancies and open questions; a valid review can find none.

Business context is enough.

Company, awarding body, job name or contract number, filing route, and approximate headcount. Include a DIR project ID if handy.

No attachments, payroll files, worker names, Social Security numbers or other personal or worker information.

The reply establishes fit, needed records and the actual approved transfer route before requesting files. Ordinary email is only for this first business note.

Write the first note

Or write to intake@sedonapayroll.com.