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The Right Accounting Software Can Increase Your Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

Most construction business owners who use accounting software quickly master the basics. What three reports do you need for your construction business? #1 They automate processes like invoicing and payroll, track expenses, and view real-time financial reports to manage cash flow and make better business decisions.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

While incredibly rewarding, the construction industry is a challenging sector to work in for cost-focused business and project executives. Bank failures, rising interest rates, high material prices, and labor crunches are all making it more challenging for construction companies to protect, let alone, improve their margins.

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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

Levelset

Construction projects rely on contractors completing the work they started and meeting the design intent. In an attempt to hold contractors accountable, many projects use retention holdbacks, also known as retainage. These holdbacks need to be accounted for by every party to a project: owner, general contractor, and subcontractor.

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If My Construction Business Is Making A Profit, Where Is The Cash?

Contractor Bookkeeping

Some construction business owners find themselves in the difficult position of running a business that appears to be profitable but still having no money in the bank. After all, a lack of adequate cash flow is one of the leading causes of small construction business failure. It's a critical situation to address.

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Five Basic Construction Accounting Tasks To Complete Every Month

Contractor Bookkeeping

Proper construction accounting is all about the details. Everything starts with cash because "cash is fact, profit is an opinion." All transactions in the bank account of your construction accounting system no matter if it is QuickBooks or Xero, must be assigned to the proper accounts: Income.

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The upside of job costing: More accurate estimates means more money in the bank

Lets Build

Whatever your reason for getting into the construction business, a love for job costing and puzzling out profitability likely wasn’t a contributing factor. In a recent study of self-identified business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, estimators, and finance managers within the construction industry, 1.

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Annual Tax Return Pointers For Construction Contractors

Contractor Bookkeeping

Tip number one for construction company owners is to update financials every month, using a streamlined software or cloud-based system. Second - The Profit And Loss Balance Sheet is what Tax Accountants use. They are referred to and reviewed over and over by banks and others.