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Copying Past Construction Accounting Entries Is A Bad Idea

Contractor Bookkeeping

The problem is each transaction is unique and could go into any one of a dozen accounts or item codes depending upon whether it is a direct cost, indirect cost, WIP, retention, warranty, overhead, administrative, other cost or simply an expense.

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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

Pro Builder

The commonly accepted number for the retail price increase of a home in 2020 is around 17%. Some might cite the recently announced bankruptcy of high-tech building company Katerra as just one more sad story in this long, disappointing history, having blown through $2.4 The inevitable result is margin squeeze. billion in investor money.

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