When you start a small business, it's usually only you behind the whole operation. You wear many hats, from CEO to clean-up crew. As you pour your heart and soul into your business and it begins to grow, the amount of work involved grows.

Because a small business focuses on survival, you pay much attention to the bottom line. This makes much sense, but it also leads to being seriously overworked.

These days, contractors are under increased pressure to cut their prices to get enough work. And that means they need to reduce costs. New technologies and approaches in cloud computing for construction accounting give forward-thinking contractors a fantastic ability to get more for less -but in most cases, contractors' heads are still stuck in 1990, thinking they have to do everything themselves.

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Topics: Strategic Outsourced Bookkeeping Services, Construction Company, Outsourced labor, outsource bookkeeping, Outsourced bookkeeping, outsourced construction accounting and bookkeeping, Do What You Do Best And Outsource The Rest

Each contractor type has unique construction accounting needs which means if the QuickBooks process is custom-fitted to the needs of each construction company, it is a beautiful thing.

 

We have listened as our contractor clients have described to fellow contractors how "fast and easy QuickBooks is and what wonderful reports it generates" while the other contractor will describe in no uncertain terms what a piece of junk it is. The difference is in the QuickBooks set up. Two woodsmen will cut and stack vastly different piles of firewood in a day if one uses a chainsaw as it was intended and the other uses it as a cross-cut saw. Same tool, different result!

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Topics: Strategic Outsourced Bookkeeping Services, Outsourced QuickBooks Bookkeeping, Contractor Challenges, Contractor, Contractor Tips, Construction Accounting Online Classes, QuickBooks Template

Contractors who ask for help in Cleaning Up their QuickBooks File before filing taxes have better results. Because The Tax Accountant is happier because the QuickBooks file is clean and easier to work with, they will likely find more deductions which can save you money and in some cases mean the difference between success and failure in your construction company.

• Because QuickBooks file is clean, the Tax Accountant will have fewer questions of the busy contractor.
• Because QuickBooks file is clean, the Tax Accountant can easily find the reports needed to file the tax return
• Because QuickBooks file is clean, the Tax Accountant can focus on saving you money

You are the Happiest because taking a trip to the Dentist for many contractors is less painful than going to the Tax Accountant. Once a Tax Accountant is “Broke In” you hate to change them.

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Topics: Strategic Outsourced Bookkeeping Services, Outsourced Accounting For Contractors

Strategic Outsourced Bookkeeping Services For Contractors

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Topics: Strategic Outsourced Bookkeeping Services