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Back office support can make or break your construction company and that’s where we come in. We can do you the most good by bringing order to your chaotic contractors bookkeeping mess! Most of our clients come to us because they believed they needed someone to straighten up their contractors bookkeeping services system, help them get current or quarterly payroll tax filings, sales tax returns and a variety of other tax issues. That is only the tip of the iceberg! 

The real value in working with us is not just getting you out of trouble now but keeping you out of trouble in the future so that you can focus your time and energy where it will do you the most good…acquiring profitable and pleasant customers and clients and satisfying their needs. 

 

Warm Regards,

Randal DeHart | Premier Contractors Accountant

 

This is one more example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners just like you put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to construction contractors like you so stop missing out and call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com

 

Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services?

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Need Help Now?

Call Sharie 206-361-3950

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Mar 13, 2015

This Podcast Is Episode Number 0102 And It Will Be About The Top Ten Myths Of  Construction Bookkeeping

Over The Past Few Decades We Have Heard And Read Some Really Good

Construction Bookkeeping Myths And Legends And Here Are A Few

#10 "I thought the QuickBooks website said that QuickBooks was easy to setup and use"

#09 "Since it has Quick in the name then of course QuickBooks is easy, why else would they do that?"

#08 "I know how to write checks and balance my bank statement so how hard can it be to use QuickBooks"

#07 "I attended a full day QuickBooks class and got this pretty paper certificate that says I know QuickBooks" 

#06 "I've been doing bookkeeping for over twenty years and you can't teach me nothing I don't already know"

#05 "I have worked at a bank for over ten years and seen hundreds of financial statements so I can use QuickBooks"

#04 "I am a C.P.A. and I know everthing about accounting, so doing the bookkeeping for a contractor child's play"

#03 "I have lots of experience because the last four contractors I did bookkeeping for all filed for bankruptcy"  

#02 "I took an accounting course in college so doing the bookkeeping for a construction company can't be that hard"

#01 "I have a degree in accounting which I have never used, but I can do contractor bookkeeping how hard can it be?"

We have heard hundreds more similar to the ones shown above; however, these are the top ten from number ten who will do the least damage to number one who will, has and does the most damage of all. As Daniel J. Boorstin said "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I find the more I learn about construction accounting the more there is about that I don't know. This is why everyone working here at Fast Easy Accounting are continually learning and updating our skills. And that is why we specialize in contractor bookkeeping services and only allow a few highly qualified business owners who are not directly involved in construction to be a part of this exclusive club.

Do we cost more than most other bookkeepers and bookkeeping firms? That depends on what you want. If you want to spend as little as possible on your contractor bookkeeping services search Craigslist they have hundreds of them. I know this because we fix a lot of their QuickBooks setup messes. 

If you want to hire a bookkeper employee consider

these three important things:

#1 - It will cost more than you think and you will still need outside accounting help!

#2 - Bookkeeper embezzlement is on the rise!

#3 - You need to invest at least $10,000 in hardware and software or you will pay for it in bookkeeper labor!

the graphic below which shows that an in-house bookkeeper paid $15.00 an hour will end up costing you $25.29 per hour! And in most cases we can do the job for less money, faster and more accurately with a team of people, each one specializing in different areas of construction accounting and contractor bookkeeping services.

#1 - Fully Burdened Bookkeeper Cost

Simply means what it will cost you to hire someone including the company portion of the payroll taxes and all those little costs that only an accountant like me would think about. The example below shows a part-time in-house bookkeeper at $15.00 an hour working 10 hours a week. Notice this poor soul does not have any benefits at all and they still cost the company $25.29 per hour! For more on this please visit www.FastEasyAccounting.com/bc

These costs do not include heavy training for your bookkeeper; read The Nine Steps for more information on this.

The two happiest days in a construction company owner's life is the day he hires a bookkeeper and the day he outsources his bookkeeping.

Generally speaking we know from our research a typical contractor with 2-4 employees and annual sales of $500,000 will need at least a part-time bookkeeper for 10 hours a week and they will try to get away with only paying them $15.00 an hour plus overhead and it will cost their construction company approximately $13,000 - $15,000 a year and most of the time they will still overpay their taxes, have bad or non-existent financial and Job Costing Reports.

But you’d still need an in-house bookkeeper, right? Well… perhaps not. See, outsourcing is often interesting in that, while you still need administrative resources, they can be less skilled. They don’t need to have any contractors bookkeeping service skills to pick up the mail, make bank deposits, print checks, which can be done on your local computer even with QuickBooks Desktop version in the cloud. It’s likely a part-time office assistant could do that in addition to other duties and errands.

#2 - Bookkeeper Embezzlement Is On The Rise

Due to the ever increasing belief in "redistrubution of the wealth", the ever increaseing rise of "entitlement mentality" and general feeling that workers are being taken advantage of by their bosses and business owners a lot more office employees are stealing more than ever, and it will only get worse.

The least costly embezzlement is that on average office workers are spending two hours a day on personal errands, phone calls, Facebook, twitter, youtube, personal email, cyber shopping and other social media and at $25.29 per hour it costs construction company owners like you $50.58 a day! If your contracting company earns 10% net profit, which is over four times the national average, that means you must sell, produce work and collect $505.80 a day to make up for the loss!

Every Ten Minutes Your Bookkeeper Is Costing You $4.21

The most costly embezzlement could destroy your business and personal finances. There are Twenty One Signs Of Bookkeeper Embezzlement and if you have an in house bookkeeper you need to study them carefully and be on gaurd against all of them. Click here to learn more. You may be surprised to learn who the biggest most frequent offenders are and how easily they avoid prosecution.

#3 - Invest At Least $10,000 In Hardware And Software

1.Desk, Chair and starter pack of office supplies = $1,200 +/-

2.High-speed desktop computer with lots of power custom built = $2,000 +/-

3.Minnimum two computer monitors with high resolution = $1,000 +/-

4.Computer network system (hardwired and wireless capable) = $2,000

5.Laserjet Printer = $500 +/-

6.Highspeed Scanner = $500 +/-

7.QuickBooks for Contractors software = $350 +/-

8.Microsoft Office Professional Software = $500 +/-

9.Acrobat Pro Software = $450 +/-

10.Other assorted software = $1,500 +/-

You do not have to invest anything more than a few dollars and get the cheapest hardware and software you can find and you will save money in the short run; however, in the long run it will cost you dearly. If you bookkeeper wastes a two hours a day trying to get cheap worn out office equipment to do your contractor bookkeeping could cost your contracting company $3,287.16 a year!

At 10% Profit You Need $32,871.60 More Sales

To Maintain Your Profit Margin!

In Some Cases - We can do more work for less money by providing you with real construction bookkeeping and accounting + payroll processing + monthly and quarterly tax reports + year end W-2, W-3 + profit and growth management consulting + financial and job costing reports + paperless data storage and more at a lower overall cost and as an added bonus show you how to make more money than you are now!

I trust this podcast helps you understand that outsourcing your contractors bookkeeping services to us is about more than just “doing the bookkeeping”; it is about taking holistic approach to your entire construction company and helping support you as a contractor and as a person.

We Remove Contractor's Unique Paperwork Frustrations

We understand the good, bad and the ugly about owning and operating construction companies because we have had several of them and we sincerely care about you and your construction company!

That is all I have for now and if you have listened this far please do me the honor of commenting and rating podcast www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast Tell me what you liked, did not like, tell it as you see it because your feedback is crucial and I thank you in advance.

You Deserve To Be Wealthy, Because You Bring Value To Other People's Lives!

I trust this will be of value to you and your feedback is always welcome at www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast

This is one more example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to construction contractors like you so stop missing out and call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com

Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services?

Click On The Link Below:

www.FastEasyAccounting.com/hs

Need Help Now?

Call Sharie 206-361-3950

sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com

In closing, I want to caution you that we may or may not be a good fit for your contracting company. This guide will help you learn what to look for in outsourced construction accounting.

Thank you very much and I hope you understand we really do care about you and all contractors regardless of whether or not you ever hire our services.
Bye for now until our next episode here on the Contractors Success MAP Podcast.

Warm Regards,

Randal DeHart | Contractors Accountant

We Remove Contractor's Unique Paperwork Frustrations