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QuickBooks Training For Land Developers And Spec Builders

Posted by Randal DeHart on Fri, Jun 01, 2018


Using QuickBooks For Your Land Acquisition, Land Development,

And Spec Home Building Company Looks Simple - But It's Not!

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Many Land Developers and Spec Home Builders set up QuickBooks or hire someone to do it for them, and they do not understand the difference between Construction Accounting and Regular Accounting the results can be disastrous when you need Work-In-Progress, Job Costing, Estimates Vs. Actuals, Profit & Loss, and Balance Sheet Reports that accurately reflect the financial state of your Construction Company.

 

The last thing you want to do in give your banker or investor a Profit & Loss Report showing your company is losing massive amounts of money simply because QuickBooks was set up wrong for your type of business.

Knowing how to use Work-In-Progress, Direct and Indirect Construction Costs is key. Understanding Overhead, Other Expenses, and Other Income compounds are also important. Bankers, lenders, investors, construction company owners, and other stakeholders need accurate, timely reports. Proper QuickBooks set up, and Construction Accounting is the foundation to provide them.


Here Are Some Things To Consider:

  1. You can use QuickBooks Desktop to track all the costs and generate Complex Payment Applications Item Estimates vs. Actuals, Job Profitability Summary, and Job Profitability Detail Reports to monitor progress, so the setup QuickBooks process is critical and needs to be done by a QuickBooks expert in construction accounting.

  2. Your QuickBooks needs a process to include the Key Performance Indicators For Contractor Success(KPI) to monitor the financial health of your construction company.

  3. Your QuickBooks will need to have between 1,000 to 2,500 accounts in the Chart of Accounts to track WIP costs during the construction process from beginning to end to get the QuickBooks reports you need.

  4. Your QuickBooks will need to have between 2,000 to 3,000 Cost Codes (QuickBooks Items) to track the detailed WIP Construction costs and facilitate the movement from WIP to Cost of Goods Sold when the project is complete and moved to company inventory or sold to an outside buyer.

  5.  You will need accounts and cost codes (QuickBooks Items) to track retention.

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About The Author:

Randal DeHart, PMP, QPA is the co-founder of Business Consulting And Accounting in Lynnwood Washington. He is the leading expert in outsourced construction bookkeeping and accounting services for small construction companies across the USA. He is experienced as a Contractor, Project Management Professional, Construction Accountant, Intuit ProAdvisor, QuickBooks For Contractors Expert and Xero Accounting Specialist. This combination of experience and skill sets provides a unique perspective which allows him to see the world through the eyes of a contractor, Project Manager, Accountant, and construction accountant. This quadruple understanding is what sets him apart from other Intuit ProAdvisors and Xero accountants to the benefit of all of the construction contractors he serves across the USA. Visit http://www.fasteasyaccounting.com/randal-dehart/ to learn more.

Our Co-Founder Randal DeHart - Is a Certified PMP (Project Management Professional) with several years of construction project management experience. His expertise is construction accounting systems engineering and process development. His exhaustive study of several leading experts including the work of Dr. W. Edward Deming, Michael Gerber, Walter A. Shewhart, James Lewis and dozens of others was the foundation upon which our Construction Bookkeeping System is based and continues to evolve and improve. Check out our Contractor Success Map Podcast on iTunes and Follow Randal on Google+ 

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