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10 Contract Terms for Higher Profitability

PSMJ Resources

Receiving money up front, depositing it, and not crediting it to the client until the last invoice has been submitted allows you to avoid a bad debt, and earns maximum interest on the deposit. With government clients, this term can reduce overhead, making your contract price more attractive. Shorten the billing/payment cycle.

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Real-Time Work-in-Progress Figures — Construction’s Secret Weapon

ProcurementExpress.com

In the construction industry, WIPs cover the raw materials, plus labor and overhead, used as part of a project. It gets complicated because construction companies need to pay their workers on a regular schedule, and then, account for subcontractors and their payment schedules as well. Well, not exactly.

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Real-Time Work-in-Progress Figures — Construction’s Secret Weapon

ProcurementExpress.com

In the construction industry, WIPs cover the raw materials, plus labor and overhead, used as part of a project. It gets complicated because construction companies need to pay their workers on a regular schedule, and then, account for subcontractors and their payment schedules as well. Well, not exactly.

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Construction Bookkeeping Unique Features

Contractor Bookkeeping

Expenses - Overhead required to maintain business operations. Expenses - Overhead is extremely complex because some expenses in regular Accounting are actually Cost of Goods Sold in construction accounting. Chart of Accounts Bad Debts. Chart of Accounts Bad Debts. Fixed List Of Your company Schedule of Values.

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A Cash Flow Guide for Architects

Levelset

Where direct labor is the percentage of salaries that are spent on billable work (rather than overhead time). Now that you know how much you’ll be charging for each project, you can look at the schedule for the project and estimate how much of the fees you can charge each month. Example of revenue projection.

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Service Agreements Can Improve Contractors Cash Flow And Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

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. This means you will send a plumbing drain technician to clean the main drain of the restaurant four times a year at a cost to your company of $75 for labor and overhead each = $300.

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Contractor's Secretary Does Everything Including Bookkeeping!

Contractor Bookkeeping

Some Contractors Hire Part Time Secretaries to do everything including construction bookkeeping and then wonder why their company debts keep growing and crushing them. Maintain a fixed asset list with depreciation schedule. Separate direct and indirect job costs from overhead. Enter Schedule of values for new jobs.