Construction Bookkeeping Services record income and costs for a construction business, match them to your bank and send a clear monthly report. A trained person does the work in your own software, and a team lead reviews it. You pay by the hour.
Construction Bookkeeping Services keep your money records in order, so you can see how the construction business really performs. A trained person records the items, matches them to your bank and sends a clear report every month.
Why construction books get messy
Construction money is tied to jobs. You buy materials, pay crews and subcontractors, and bill in stages, all at once on several sites. If costs are not matched to the right job, you may not know which jobs make money until they end.
What construction bookkeeping services should track
- Job costing. Materials, labour and equipment recorded against each job.
- Progress billing. Invoices by stage, with the amount still to be billed on each job.
- Retainage. Amounts held back by clients, tracked until they are released.
- Subcontractors. Payments recorded, with insurance papers and tax forms collected.
- Equipment and fuel. Costs assigned to jobs, not left in one pile.
You may also hear this work called construction accounting, job costing or contractor bookkeeping. The goal is the same: records you can trust.
Construction Bookkeeping Services: what to hand off first
- Coding every bill and receipt to a job.
- Preparing progress invoices from your approved amounts.
- Month-end bank reconciliation.
- A job-by-job cost report.
Keep tax advice and filing with your accountant. Share access with limited permissions, and remove it when the work ends.
How to check the work
- Pick two jobs and compare booked costs with the paper bills.
- Check that retainage balances agree with your contracts.
- Ask which bills could not be matched to a job.
Give any notes in writing, and your assistant will correct the entries.
Where AI helps
Your assistant is a real person. AI helps sort items and flag odd amounts. A person checks each entry, and a team lead reviews the result.
What it costs
Pay-as-you-go is $12 an hour, and hours never expire. A dedicated assistant starts from $5.62 an hour. See the bookkeeping service, the pricing page, or read about bookkeeping services for small business.
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Frequently asked questions
What do construction bookkeeping services include?
Recording income and costs, matching them to your bank each month and sending a simple report. For a construction business that means job costing, progress billing and more.
Can a virtual assistant do construction bookkeeping?
Yes. A trained assistant can record items, code them and prepare the monthly report in your own software. Tax advice and filing stay with your accountant.
How much do construction bookkeeping services cost?
Pay-as-you-go is $12 an hour. A dedicated assistant starts from $5.62 an hour. Cost depends on how many items you have each month.
What is doing this yourself costing you?
Doing it yourself: $2,165 a month of your time.
The same hours at our $12/hr pay-as-you-go rate: $520. Dedicated plans start at $5.62/hr.
Simple maths from the numbers you enter. It assumes a VA can take on those hours.
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