By Tammy Hoang, CFMA, QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Construction Cost Accounting You found a bookkeeper who says they know Procore. They probably don't — not at the level your jobs require. Procore is not accounting software. It is a project management platform that connects to your accounting system. A bookkeeper who has clicked around in Procore's dashboard is not the same as one who has configured the ERP integration, mapped your cost codes, managed the accounting approver workf

By Tammy Hoang, CFMA, QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Construction Cost Accounting If your crews are managing jobs in Procore and your books are in Sage 100 Contractor or QuickBooks, you are probably entering the same data twice. Change orders go into Procore for the project manager and into Sage for the bookkeeper. Subcontractor invoices get processed in the field and re-entered in the office. Job costs sit in Sage until the monthly close — which means your project manager is making

A single missing timesheet or a miscoded purchase order might seem trivial on its own. But multiply that error across a dozen active jobs over several months, and you’re staring at a job cost report that bears little resemblance to reality. The $47,000 Reality Check: One mechanical contractor we worked with discovered a $47,000 discrepancy on a hospital renovation project. The reason? Field labor hours were being batched and entered every two weeks instead of daily. The root

Picking the wrong software for your construction business doesn't just cost you money, it costs you time, accuracy, and jobs. We've seen contractors spend months switching platforms, re-entering data, and patching broken workflows because they chose based on name recognition rather than fit. At Construction Cost Accounting (CCA) , we work with residential builders, GCs, and specialty subcontractors across the country every day. This comparison is built from real client experi

Your accounting software should grow with your business. Instead, most contractors we talk with have outgrown their platform by two or three years before they do anything about it and by then, the damage is already done. The decision to move from QuickBooks to Sage 100 Contractor or Sage Intacct isn't purely about features. It's about timing, total cost of ownership, and whether your current pain points are genuinely caused by the software or by how you're using it. Jumping t

In the construction industry, profits often disappear not because of inaccurate bids, but because of small accounting inefficiencies that accumulate over time. Delayed data entry, misallocated job costs, and overlooked discrepancies can quietly erode margins that are already tight in a highly competitive market. Fortunately, AI-powered integrations with platforms like QuickBooks and Sage are helping contractors address these challenges. By automating routine accounting tasks

The phone call came on a Tuesday afternoon: a contractor friend learned he owed $47,000 in back wages, overtime, and penalties. His crime? Treating workers as 1099 independent contractors when they should have been W-2 employees. The Department of Labor had been watching, and his documentation couldn’t withstand scrutiny. This scenario remains disturbingly common across the construction industry. With mandatory W-2 overtime reporting now required under the new Box 12 Code TT

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