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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. 1 Cash On Hand - This report shows you how much cash you have in your checking accounts, savings accounts, payroll accounts, hip national bank (your wallet), and petty cash box in your office. #2

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

Levelset

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. Retention receivable and payable is different from accounts receivable and payable. Steven Peterson.

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The Secret Sauce to Protecting Construction Profits  

Autodesk Construction Cloud

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. By taking proactive steps and adopting the right tools, you can mitigate and safeguard your firm’s profits. And the pressure is rising.

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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. Here are three reasons why profitable construction businesses have little money in the bank and what company owners can do to handle these tricky situations.

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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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Unique Highly Profitable Contractors Use Job Costing And Financial Reports

Contractor Bookkeeping

Successful Contractors Find Keys To Growth And Profit In Their Accounting. Have all of the money go in or out of my bank account. Now how do I then make all the transactions magically go to an accounting system. Halloween is the official Kickoff of the Holiday Season. Pay For Something.