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Construction chart of accounts for contractors
A construction chart of accounts for the trades: field labor, its payroll taxes and workers' comp in cost of goods sold, trucks job-costed. Sample inside.
Bookkeeping ·
What does a bookkeeper do for a contractor?
What a bookkeeper does for a small business in the trades, week to month, and the four jobs most skip that decide whether you can trust the numbers.
Bookkeeping ·
Accounts receivable for contractors
Residential jobs should leave zero receivables. How to collect at the job, bill commercial and construction work, and work the aging report every week.
Cash and pricing ·
How much does a bookkeeper cost a contractor?
How much does a bookkeeper cost? On payroll, about $54,600 a year with employer taxes (BLS, IRS). Here's what drives hourly and monthly package prices.
Bookkeeping ·
Accounts payable process for service businesses
An accounts payable process for a service crew: one inbox for bills, a check against the job, coding by job, set pay days and a monthly match.
Cash and pricing ·
Bookkeeping for home service businesses
Bookkeeping for home service businesses and contractors: what to record and when, where your techs' pay goes, and when to hand the books off.
Bookkeeping ·
How to organize receipts for business
How to organize receipts for business when your crew buys parts all day: one place to send them, a note on each, a weekly check and IRS keep-times.
Bookkeeping ·
Bookkeeping for painting contractors: best practices
Good bookkeeping for painting contractors puts every paint run and crew hour on a job, holds deposits as a liability and checks open jobs every week.
Bookkeeping ·
Fractional CFO services for home service businesses
Fractional CFO services give a trades owner a part-time finance lead for cash forecasts, pricing and hiring calls. What's included and when you need one.
CFO help ·
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