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!
You Don't Have To - Organize for us because we have a system from having owned and operated several construction companies in the past, we are not pansy construction bookkeepers that need to be pampered and are easily offended; quite the opposite.
Trying To Organize Construction Bookkeeping Paperwork Is Like Herding Cats!
You Can:
Mail it to us 19909 64th Ave West, Suite B 2nd Floor, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Bring it by during office hours or special office hours for contractors
SnoKing Contractors Center have 24/7/365 access to meeting rooms and leave paperwork in the lockbox
Put us on your vendor list to have bills and statements emailed directly to us
Use one of our recommended scanners and send paperwork by pushing one button
Load it up in bags, boxes, baskets, wheel barrow, forklift and ox carts and bring it to us
Get it from the dashboard of your truck, van, car or SUV and deliver it all to us
Send it by taxi cab
Fax it
Email it
FedEx it
UPS it
In a few cases we send someone to get it
Whatever is easiest for you!
We are here to serve you!
We Have A Construction Bookkeeping System - With workflow processes for everything including paper sorting. Which means once it arrives no matter how organized or disorganized it is we need to pre-process everything before it enters our workflow where it is scanned and uploaded into paperless servers in the cloud? Hopefully you not having to sort anything will save you time and money.
Construction Paperwork Is Like A Brand New Apprentice Plumber - Left unattended it tends to wander off and get lost so here are a few helpful hints where paperwork hides
In The Contractors Mobile Construction Office Command Center, The Truck:
On the dashboard
Behind the seat
Under the seat
In the console between the seats
In the glove box
Under the spare tire
In the box you got from the supplier warehouse
Outside Your Mobile Office:
In you post office box
Stuffed in manila envelopes
On the night stand
Piled on your desk
In your wallet
Inside your portfolio
Stuffed in all your pants pockets
In your computer bag
Stuffed in all your shirt pockets
Coffee Stained Paperwork Is Optional - We prefer a dark roast, double foam, shot of mint, with a hint of cinnamon. However, plain old black coffee is O.K. too!
Do Not Be Concerned - Where the paperwork has been, when we owned and operated our plumbing service, repair and drain cleaning company we had seven trucks and over twenty employees. We processed paperwork that had been places you can only imagine with no problems at all.
Don't Sort The paper - Get a big box, file box, and scoop it all into the box, close the box, bring us the box. To you, the contractor, every piece of paper has a story.
This Means Every Time You - Touch it, see it, sort it, smell it, put it into QuickBooks for Contractors or just look at it your protective conditioned mind and its fear creating mechanisms will replay the entire story which will slow you down and in turn drag out the entire construction bookkeeping process. Furthermore it could possibly release serotonin which causes the blood vessels in your head to contract and lower your pain threshold.
It Is A Fact - Doing something you don't like or understand like construction bookkeeping can be painful and in the end when you try to "Power Through The Pain" like Olympic athletes you end up losing money because after powering through the pain you typically do not have the luxury of a vacation and rest period you have to go see that next customer, close the next sale or manage the next job and when you are not at your peak performance you lose, big time!
Your Contractors Bookkeeping Paperwork Has Already - Been over handled, we do not have any emotional attachment to it which means we can reduce input time by at least 40% and since we pass the savings on to you everybody wins.
Profitable Construction - Companies have known about the value of outsourced bookkeeping services for a long time and now you know about it too!
We Scan Your Receipts And Invoices link them to your QuickBooks or Xero transactions where it is appropriate and give you back a CPA-ready packet for your tax return and we provide ongoing Cloud Based Contractors Bookkeeping Services by accountants who understand construction.
Sharie DeHart, QPA is the co-founder of Business Consulting And Accounting in Lynnwood Washington. She is the leading expert in managing outsourced construction bookkeeping and accounting services companies and cash management accounting for small construction companies across the USA. She encourages Contractors and Construction Company Owners to stay current on their tax obligations and offers insights on how to manage the remaining cash flow to operate and grow their construction company sales and profits so they can put more money in the bank. http://www.fasteasyaccounting.com/sharie-dehart/