Contracting Is A Trade Of Choice And For Many It Is A Calling

Number One - Focus On Actions Not Personality Traits

When a construction worker is causing trouble you need to "have a little chat" and talk with them about the results of their actions. Focus on the position or project and the specific actions that are causing the problems. “You need to stop doing _____, and start doing _____” is more effective than playing the blame game or lecturing. “You're screwing _____ up” or “Why can't you get your work done right and on time?” puts the worker in a defensive mood and can lead to a boxing match without time to sell tickets and put up a beer garden.

Everyone is trying to get more value for the money spent

Showing my age, or maybe how long I have really been in business, I remember when the Yellow Page directory was king. Everybody was there and we all needed to decide how “big” did we want our display ad to be – bigger meant improved placement; therefore it became common to have (3) full page ads side by side to be first. What a change for the yellow page directories when businesses started embracing websites and all things social media. 

Employees Need To Fill Out Timecards

The most practical reason is that all employees want to get paid, early, often and on a regular basis.

What Paperwork Do We Want?

Contractors Have Asked What Paperwork - They should bring to us in order to get their construction bookkeeping brought current and the simple answer is all of it!

It’s OK To Be A Small Contractor

Reports Tax Accountants Use Are Profit & Loss And Balance Sheet

The Numbers On These Reports - Offer a summary snap shot of your business. They are referred to and reviewed over and over by banks and others. See a copy of the Schedule “C” it is the standardized format from the Internal Revenue Service. 

Sharie DeHart The Contractor's Accounting And Tax Stress Reducing Professional

When Someone Says “Virtual” (_____) – What they mean is a real person or activity that exists in a remote location. The internet is real somewhere out in space and time that we can’t exactly touch; but we can connect to it.