More stories about Job-Costing

• Four Alternatives to the Competitive Bidding Process

  A recent experience got me thinking about the competitive bid process.

• Faster Time Tracking

  This automated time clock can speed payroll, improve job-costing, and help you estimate more accurately.

• Use Excel to Budget Next Year's Project Mix

  Take some pain out of the yearly exercise of creating your jobs budget

• Using the NAHB Chart of Accounts to Organize Your Business Finances

  Here's an effective way to organize and categorize expenses and job-cost data and compare the results with your forecasts.

• Strategic Budgeting and Your Break-Even Volume

  Take a look at your “break-even volume,” which is the bare-minimum volume of work that you need to complete (and get paid for) in order to keep your doors open.

• Budgeting and Forecasting Software Gains Traction

  While changing a key business process can be disruptive, sometimes the cost of staying the same gets prohibitive.

• Above the Line or Below the Line?

  In recent years I’ve spent a lot of time speaking to and consulting with builders and remodelers, big and small, and I’ve noted that there’s often confusion about what types of costs go where on a financial statement.

• Job-Costing With Quicken

  Pushing this inexpensive checkbook program to its limits can give you a simple, streamlined approach to check writing, payroll accounting, and job-costing.

• Treasury Blocks Fannie LIHTC Bid

  The Obama administration has blocked Goldman Sachs' bid to buy a significant amount of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) from struggling Fannie Mae, according to several sources.

• Goldman Sachs’ Fannie Bid Blocked

  The Obama administration has blocked Goldman Sachs’ bid to buy a significant amount of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) from struggling Fannie Mae, according to several sources.