Notes on fence company books
One new post a month, on something I keep finding in trade company books.
Job costing by fence type in QuickBooks: four things that have to be true
Job costing by fence type in QuickBooks Online needs four things set up right. What each one is, and how to tell if yours is missing.
Why your fence company's margin reads 50% when it's closer to 20%
Crew pay sitting in overhead makes fence jobs look twice as profitable as they are. A worked example, and how to check your own P&L.
What catch-up bookkeeping actually involves, month by month
What happens in the first 30 days of a QuickBooks cleanup for a trade company, what the owner hands over, and how the old months get closed.