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Job Costing for Contractors, Trades & Distribution

Stop guessing which projects make money. We track labor, materials, and overhead against every single job—so you get paid for every hour worked and quote your next bid with confidence.

The Contractor Dilemma

Where Contractor Cash Flow Disappears

Being busy on the job site doesn’t guarantee profit in the bank. Most trade companies struggle with three common bottlenecks:

Billing Leaks

Unbilled Jobs & Change Orders

When crews rush from job to job, change orders get forgotten and invoices go out weeks late. We institute simple front-office systems ensuring every job gets billed promptly.

Labor & Materials

Job Costing Blind Spots

If subcontractor labor, supply house receipts, and equipment rentals aren’t assigned to specific jobs, you have no way of knowing whether a completed project was profitable.

Cash Flow Lag

A/R Aging & Retainage

Waiting 60 to 90 days for client payment starves your cash flow for payroll and materials. We manage your aging receivables so cash flows back into your business consistently.

Complete Workflow

How Seamless Books Manages Your Job Costing

Job-Level Cost TrackingMaterials, direct labor & subs

Every expense is coded to its specific customer and job in QuickBooks Online. You can pull a report anytime showing gross margin per project, identifying which job types produce the highest returns.

  • Subcontractor 1099 compliance and W-9 tracking
  • Material invoice coding matched to purchase orders
  • Overhead allocation to maintain accurate markups

Progress Billing & Invoicing SystemsGet billed fast, get paid faster

We establish front-office billing protocols. As soon as a milestone is reached or a service ticket is completed, invoices are generated with proper retainage and sent immediately to the client.

Distribution & Inventory ManagementWholesale inventory & freight tracking

For distribution companies handling warehouse inventory, bulk purchasing, and freight logistics, we keep inventory values accurate and reconcile vendor terms against customer receivables.

Featured Case Study

Real Results for a Home Services Contractor

Case Study Spotlight • Home Services Company

Thousands More per Month, Same Workload: How a Home Services Company Started Getting Paid for Every Job

The Problem

The owner of a home services company was working extremely hard on jobs every day but was always short on cash. Jobs were slipping through without an invoice, and accounts receivable was months behind.

What We Did

We set up a simple system: every job goes through the front office, where it’s tracked properly, verified against materials used, and immediately billed.

The Result

He started billing thousands of dollars more per month with zero change to his workload. That extra cash let him hire an assistant to run the front office and pay himself a consistent salary for the first time.

The Takeaway for Trades & Contractors

You can’t collect on work you never billed. A system that tracks every job from start to invoice can be the difference between working for free and getting paid.

Are you sure every job you did last month got billed?

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