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Back office for general contractors

Multi-phase jobs, draws, retainage, change orders, and a stack of subcontractors — kept straight with real job costing and WIP. Billing, 1099s, payroll, and month-end handled on QuickBooks Online.

What We Handle

From the contract to the CPA handoff

The full financial back office for a GC — where WIP, retainage, and change orders decide whether a job actually made money.

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Draw & Progress Billing

Progress invoices and draws by phase, deposits recognized as work is completed — clean and on schedule.

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Job Costing & WIP

Committed vs. actual cost by job, with work-in-progress and percentage-of-completion reporting.

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Retainage & Lien Waivers

Retainage receivable and payable tracked; lien-waiver status kept current for each pay app.

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Subcontractor Mgmt & 1099s

Sub bills entered, coded to jobs and cost codes, paid on approval, with 1099s ready all year.

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Change Orders

Change orders tracked against the original contract so scope and margin stay visible.

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Month-End & Reporting

Reconciled books, job-cost and WIP reports, and a clean year-end package for your CPA.

What's Different About General Contracting

The overlay that keeps GC books right

The core handles the bookkeeping. These are the GC-specific things a generalist bookkeeper gets wrong — and we get right.

  • WIP & percentage-of-completion reporting
  • Progress draws and schedule-of-values billing
  • Retainage receivable and payable tracked
  • Change orders tied to the original contract
  • Subcontractor compliance & 1099 tracking
  • Committed costs vs. actuals by cost code
The Tools We Work In

Your stack, run for you

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Project App

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QuickBooks Online

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Ramp

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Gusto Payroll

On Buildertrend, Procore, CoConstruct, or Jobber? We work with your project management app and sync it into QuickBooks Online — no rip-and-replace.

Stay on the build. We've got the books.

Free 30-minute assessment of your current setup — no obligation. We'll show you what clean, WIP-aware GC books look like.

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