Resources for contractors & small-business owners
Every guide and tool we've published — free to use, no email required unless noted.
Step-by-step guides
Construction accounting & job costing
Construction Accounting Guide · Monthly Books
Bookkeeping for contractors: a practical monthly system
A practical monthly bookkeeping system for contractors: chart of accounts, job costing, subcontractor compliance, payroll, sales tax, and the month-end close.
Read the guideConstruction Accounting Guide · Revenue Recognition
Percentage of completion accounting, explained for contractors
How percentage of completion accounting works: cost-to-cost calculation, WIP schedules, over/under billings, journal entries, and when contractors must use it.
Read the guideConstruction Accounting Guide · Software
Contractor bookkeeping software: how to choose the right stack
How to choose contractor bookkeeping software: QuickBooks Online versus construction platforms, what each tool actually does, integration traps, and typical cost.
Read the guideGuide · Job Costing
Job costing bookkeeping vs. regular bookkeeping
The key difference between regular bookkeeping and job costing bookkeeping: how products and services items replace the chart of accounts, and why Customer → Project → Item detail matters.
Read the guideQuickBooks Online how-tos
QuickBooks Online Guide · Job Costing
How to use QuickBooks Online for job costing
Step-by-step guide to job costing in QuickBooks Online for contractors and developers: projects, items, cost codes, and profitability reports.
Read the guideQuickBooks Online Guide · Sales Tax
How to use QuickBooks Online for sales tax
Setting up and filing sales tax in QuickBooks Online — WA state and city rates, automated sales tax, invoicing, and month-end reconciliation.
Read the guideBuildertrend + QBO · Sales Tax
Buildertrend's QuickBooks Online integration doesn't handle WA sales tax correctly
The Buildertrend to QuickBooks Online integration routinely posts invoices with the wrong Washington sales tax rate. Here's what breaks, why, and how we fix it.
Read the guideQuickBooks Online Guide · Payroll
How to use QuickBooks Online for payroll
Setting up and running QuickBooks Online Payroll for WA employers: company setup, employees, tax accounts, job costing, and monthly reconciliation.
Read the guideQuickBooks Online Guide · Products & Services
How to use Products & Services mappings in QuickBooks Online
Structuring Products & Services items in QuickBooks Online so invoices, job costing, and financial reports tie out. Construction cost-code examples.
Read the guideQuickBooks Guide · Migration
QuickBooks Desktop to Online conversion: a step-by-step plan
How to convert QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online: what transfers, what does not, file size limits, timing, and the post-conversion cleanup checklist.
Read the guideHiring an accountant
Guide · Outsourced vs In-House
Why hire an outsourced accountant vs. an in-house hire
Outsourced vs. in-house accounting: real cost comparison, quality of work, and tech stack for WA construction and small-business owners.
Read the guideGuide · Washington-Based Accounting
Why hire a Washington-based accountant
Why Washington businesses need a WA-based accountant — state sales tax, city B&O tax, and Washington-specific payroll tax rules (ESD, L&I, PFML) done right.
Read the guideTools, downloads & client work
Apps & Software We Use
The tools we set up and support every day: QuickBooks Online, Buildertrend, JobTread, Jobber, and the rest of the stack.
OpenClient Work
Real engagements from Puget Sound businesses — a Bellevue remodeler, a Tacoma developer, and a three-entity setup, told the way they happened.
OpenWhy QuickBooks Online
One platform for invoicing, payments, sales tax, payroll, and job costing — and why splitting them across apps leads to cleanup bills.
OpenAround the web
Ready Accounting on IncomeDigs
Our verified profile in the IncomeDigs directory of accountants and bookkeepers.
IncomeDigs on YouTube
The real estate accounting principles we apply for builders, developers, and flippers — straight from the source.
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