
The Construction Accounting Diagnostic for GCs and Specialty Trades Who Are Done Guessing
If you’re a contractor doing $500K or more and you can’t pull a project-level P&L on demand — your books aren’t built for construction.
This isn’t a bookkeeping problem. It’s a setup problem. And it’s fixable.

Which job last quarter was the most profitable?
Are you currently overbilled or underbilled on active projects?
What did that last remodel actually cost vs. what you estimated?
Are your change orders showing up as revenue in your books?
Does your P&L reflect how your business actually runs?
If any of those felt uncomfortable — the books aren’t the problem. The setup is.
That’s not your fault. It’s the most common gap we find.

$500K Revenue | General Contractor | Completed Engagement
What we found:
→ Chart of accounts built for a general business, not a contractor
→ No QBO Projects or Classes — all job expenses in one bucket
→ Change orders completed but never captured as revenue
→ Invoices not linked to projects
What we fixed:
✓ Rebuilt COA for construction from scratch
✓ Configured QBO Projects and Classes for every active job
✓ Set up estimates to capture and match change order revenue
✓ Matched invoices to projects across the full job history
Result: Project-level P&L on any job in under 60 seconds.

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