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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

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. Retention receivable and payable is different from accounts receivable and payable. According to Steven J.

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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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Contractors Need KPI Not Get-Me-By

Contractor Bookkeeping

No one starts a business, especially a contracting business, and have it rolling perfectly with a profit every step of the way. Picking a Get-Me-By Contractor's Bookkeeping Solution in many cases is using an Excel Spreadsheet and a shoebox, file folders all dumped into a file box and looking at the Online Banking once in a while.

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How Cash Flow Forecasts Help Contractors

Contractor Bookkeeping

Some contractors think managing cash flow means keeping track of how much money enters and leaves their business, but there's actually more that goes into it. Contractors and sub-contractors know there is more to profits than what is shown above, and most of you rely on your "gut feel" to see when the project has made a profit or not.