QuickBooks® for Construction Companies

Overview

List Set Up 

  • How lists work 
  • Results of proper list set up 

Chart of Accounts 

  • Choosing accounts 
  • Work in progress (WIP) 
    • Why WIP is needed 
    • Using WIP 

Items 

  • Expenses versus Items 
  • Items for Sales 
  • Items for Expenses 
  • Additional Sales Items 
    • Time and Materials 
    • Fixed/Contract prices 

Special Items 

  • Deposits/Draws      
    • Deposits Overview 
    • Deposits & Financial Statements 
    • Closing a Job 
  • Retainage      
    • Withholding Retainage 
    • Billing Retainage 

Payroll Items 

  • Worker’s Comp 
    • Worker’s Comp Overview 
    • Worker’s Comp from last year 
    • Worker’s Comp for this year 
  • Costing Owner’s time 
    • Owner’s time set up 
    • Entering Owner’s time 

Classes 

  • Using Classes for Workers Comp codes 

Customer/Job List 

  • Customer set up 
  • Job set up   

Transactions & Reports 

  • Customers/Jobs 
    • Estimating 
    • Estimating Fixed Price Jobs
    • Estimating Time & Materials
    • Multiple Estimates 
    • Change Orders 
    • Invoicing 
  • Vendors & Expenses 
    • Committed Costs 
    • Automating Purchase Orders 
  • Reports 
    • Unpaid bills by job