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IndustryAccounting and tax for contractors and trades.
Job costing, progress billing, retention, 1099 subcontractors and the ABC test. We keep the books by job so you know which projects make money and which only look like they do.
Where this industry gets it wrong
- Misclassified subcontractors under California AB 5
- Revenue recognized before the job is finished, taxed before the cash arrives
- Equipment purchases expensed wrongly, or not at all
- CSLB and city licence renewals missed because nobody tracks them
Questions we hear from construction & trades
Do you do job costing?
Yes. QuickBooks Online set up with projects and classes, so labor, materials and subs post to each job and the P&L shows margin by project.
Should my construction company be an S-Corp?
Usually, once net profit is consistently above $60,000. We run the numbers each year.
Talk to us this week.
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