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

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It can significantly impact the financial standing of contractors, especially when working on projects with a small profit margin. Both retention accounts are shown as current assets and current liabilities, respectively. Plus, not recording retention payable leads to the understating of a company’s liabilities. Fariba Mehdian.

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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

The Balance Sheet is the summary report which shows all of the assets minus the liabilities which equals the "Book Value" or owner''s equity. Owner’s equity is in theory what would be left over if you liquidated the company, sold the assets and paid all of the debts or liabilities. Keep The Service Agreement Cash Separate.

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Highly Profitable Small Contractors Use OPM For Working Capital Needs

Contractor Bookkeeping

The Larger Your Construction - Business grows the more likely you could end up operating like a bank without the hundreds of ways to generate revenues from fee income and interest calculation that banks use. Compare the success and profitability of a McDonalds franchise to most restaurants.

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Construction Bookkeeping Unique Features

Contractor Bookkeeping

Business Owners - Need three basic reports, Cash, Profit and Equity. Bank Balance - Un-cleared Checks) = Cash. Profit And Loss Report. Sales - Expenses) = Profit. Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. -. Bank Account - Escrow Deposits. Bank Account - Operating. Bank Account - Job Deposits.

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Contractor Bookkeeping Vs. Regular Bookkeeping

Contractor Bookkeeping

Business Owners - Need three basic reports, Cash, Profit and Equity. Bank Balance - Un-cleared Checks) = Cash. Profit And Loss Report. Sales - Expenses) = Profit. Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. Breakeven - Is fairly easy to calculate because there is a direct relationship between income and expenses on every item.

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Contractor Accounting Vs. Regular Accounting

Contractor Bookkeeping

Business Owners - Need three basic reports, Cash, Profit and Equity. Bank Balance - Un-cleared Checks) = Cash. Profit And Loss Report. Sales - Expenses) = Profit. Assets - Liabilities) = Equity. Breakeven - Is fairly easy to calculate because there is a direct relationship between income and expenses on every item.

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Contractors We Cannot Help

Contractor Bookkeeping

Contractors with unreasonable expectations: Bringing your construction accountant an Excel sheet or piece of paper with grand totals for sales, expenses and net profit without any supporting documentation and expecting us to put it into QuickBooks for Contractors and generate financial reports.