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Bookkeeping for Contractors and Project-Based Businesses

Bookkeeping for contractors from Ledger & Logic keeps your job costs, your subcontractors, and your billing recorded against the work they belong to, without you having to sort it out once the job is closed. Costs belong to particular jobs, revenue arrives as deposits and progress payments, and a good deal of the paperwork reaches you after the work is finished.

For contractors, landscapers, and other project-based businesses, we also review how materials, subcontractor costs, customer deposits, and progress payments are recorded to identify any areas that need attention.

Industries we serve

Construction and contractors

General contractors, remodelers, and the specialty trades, with job costs, subcontractor records, and progress billing recorded as the work happens.

Bookkeeping for construction companies

More trade pages are being added, including landscaping, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and electrical. If your trade is not listed yet, the work is set up the same way, and we would be happy to talk it through.

  • Landscaping
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC
  • Roofing
  • Electrical

What this looks like in practice

Job costing

Where job costing is included in your plan, we code each bill to the job it belongs to as we enter it, and report profitability by job alongside your monthly statements.

1099 preparation

We keep your vendor records current through the year and collect W-9s where applicable, so the information needed for 1099 preparation is organized as you go.

QuickBooks setup

Where the QuickBooks file has to be set up for any of this first, that is QuickBooks setup, quoted as a separate project fee.

We are in Lorton, Virginia, and work with small businesses across Northern Virginia. Because the work happens in your cloud-based QuickBooks file, we can support clients anywhere in the country.

Not sure which of this applies to you?

A rough idea of how your jobs are organized is plenty for a first conversation, and our review of your books settles the rest.

See what this would look like for your business.

Book a personal consultation. We’ll discuss your needs, provide a broad pricing range when possible, and explain the next steps toward a formal quote.