Industries

Construction & Trades

Job-costing, WIP reporting, and cash flow planning built for contractors who need to know if a project is profitable before it's finished — not three months after.

The Construction & Trades Landscape

Contractors, subcontractors, and trade businesses run on long project cycles, progress billing, and cash that moves in uneven waves — a big draw on materials up front, retainage held back until closeout, and payroll that doesn’t pause for either. Profitability lives or dies at the project level, but most off-the-shelf bookkeeping tracks the business as a whole.

We work with general contractors, specialty trades, and remodelers who need their books to answer one question clearly: is this specific job making money, right now, while there’s still time to do something about it.

Common Financial Challenges

Job profitability is a mystery until the project closes.
Without real-time job costing, a losing project often isn't obvious until the final invoice.

Cash flow gets squeezed by retainage and progress billing.
Money owed on paper isn't money in the bank — and payroll and materials don't wait for it.

Multi-state crews complicate payroll and tax compliance.
Projects that cross state lines create nexus and withholding questions most general bookkeepers miss.

Equipment and asset decisions affect taxes more than owners realize.
Buy, lease, or finance — each option carries a different depreciation and cash flow outcome.

Services We Recommend Most

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Job-costed books that show margin per project, updated monthly.

Payroll Services

Multi-state crew payroll, prevailing wage, and certified reporting handled correctly.

Controller Services

WIP schedules and budget-to-actual reporting built for project-based work.

Tax Planning

Equipment purchase timing and entity structure decisions that lower your tax bill.

Industry-Specific Expertise

Percentage-of-Completion Accounting

Revenue recognized to match real project progress, not just invoicing dates.

WIP Schedule Management

Work-in-progress reports that surface overbilling and underbilling early.

Multi-State Nexus & Licensing

Filing and withholding handled correctly wherever your crews are working.

Equipment Depreciation Strategy

Section 179 and bonus depreciation applied to your actual purchase timeline.

How We Help

Rebuild Your Chart of Accounts

We restructure your books around job costing from day one, not as an afterthought.

Set Up Monthly WIP Reporting

You see margin per active job, updated every month, not just at project close.

Forecast Cash Flow Around Draws

Payroll, materials, and retainage timing get mapped so cash gaps don't catch you off guard.

Review Bids Before You Submit Them

Historical job data informs whether your next bid is actually priced to profit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Both. We work with general contractors, specialty trades (electrical, plumbing, HVAC, framing), and remodelers of any size. Job-costing setup differs slightly by trade, but the core approach is the same.

Yes — this is one of the most common reasons contractors come to us. We'll do a books cleanup to reconstruct job-level history before transitioning you to ongoing monthly reporting.

We work primarily with QuickBooks Online and integrate with common field tools for time tracking and estimating. If you're on a construction-specific ERP, we'll assess whether to keep it or streamline your stack during onboarding.

Most clients see their first job-costed report within two weeks of onboarding, once your chart of accounts is restructured and current jobs are mapped into the new system.