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Unique Tips For Managing Cash Flow In Your Contracting Company

Contractor Bookkeeping

Cash flow is the lifeblood of any construction company and especially the ones with annual sales volume under $1,000,000. Some construction Company experts even say that a healthy cash flow is more important than your contracting company''s ability to complete projects! What Makes Up Your Construction Company Cash Flow?

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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

In the meantime, service agreement customers are a source of cash flow and are predetermined to call you instead of your competition when repairs are necessary. Keep The Service Agreement Cash Separate. One of the best parts is you have an immediate increase in cash flow. Edward Deming, Michael Gerber, Walter A.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Bank lines of credit are lifelines for many contractors, yet convincing a bank to provide or renegotiate a line of credit is not easy. Building your case beforehand can certainly help and makes you look better in the eyes of the bank. Crunch the numbers – Banks like proactive business owners. foundation.

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Five Basic Construction Accounting Tasks To Complete Every Month

Contractor Bookkeeping

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. These tasks form the solid foundation of your small business. Job Deposits.

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You Have HUD-1 Statements And Your Bank Wants Financial Statements

Contractor Bookkeeping

You are a spec home builder in need of a construction draw and your bank or lender wants to see your latest financial reports and this time they want all of the current houses you are working on to be reflected in QuickBooks correctly as Work-In-Process (W.I.P.) Does this sound familiar? and not in Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) or Expenses.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Mr. Rattner discussed the stress tests given by the Treasury Department to large banks that were receiving TARP funds. What would you do next week if you lost that job you had been banking on? foundation. foundation software. Perhaps the real reason is what is politically too painful to allow to fail? Add new tag.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

For example, banks and other financial institutions put in stronger measures than many other industries. He noted, though, that while almost all banks protect secure transactions through the common HTTPS encryption, most of the security measures are implemented on the back end with multiple networks, firewalls, and layers of encryption.

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