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Posted by Randal DeHart on Sat, May 19, 2012

When A Serious Job Site Injury Happens Who Did You Call?

You didn't call the roofer, the plumber or the electrician to perform medical services. You didn't surf the web to find the cheapest medical service available. You don't expect your truck mechanic to prepare your tax returns. Of course not because that's not their area of expertise.

Can someone please tell me and everyone is on earth, why so many contractors think they can be experts at remodeling, building, service work and construction bookkeeping when it is so expensive for them to do it?

Because when you attempt to do your own bookkeeping every little piece of paper and online document has a story behind it and you have to stop and think about it even if it is just a few seconds. The distractions drive you crazy, your cell phone rings, somebody comes to visit, the kids are screaming and a bunch of other distractions and you still need to get a bid proposal put together. Finally nothing goes into QuickBooks like it is supposed too!

By the time you are finished with bookkeeping you are too tired, angry and frustrated to look at the reports you need to operate and grow your business.

Too often those who attempt it produce mediocre results everywhere because they are trying to work in two different areas of their brain, Tangible and Intangible.

Tangible Work Is External - It involves working with people and things that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted and smelled: 

  1. People, employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, engineers, etc.
  2. Lumber, concrete, steel, pipe, wire, drywall, paint, etc.
  3. Earth, wind, fire and water

Your Job Is - To orchestrate the labor and materials and form a three dimensional object that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted and smelled and used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes:

Intangible Work Is Internal - It involves working with concepts and ideas that can only be experienced in someone's mind:

  1. Bookkeeping, payroll, payroll and sales tax reports, invoicing and cash flow management
  2. Business planning, forecasting, marketing, lead generation, retirement planning
  3. Business process management, business process improvement

Our Job Is - To orchestrate a bookkeeping system using labor and equipment to form a two dimensional object that can only be seen and is used to help you navigate your construction business upon The River Of Commerce and guide it to a pleasant and profitable destination.

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The Results We Have Witnessed When Contractors Try To Do It All Are:

  1. Health Issues - Nervous disorders, stress, heart-attacks and strokes
  2. Mental Issues - Burn out, paranoia, conspiracy theorists
  3. Physical And Mental - Substance abuse, alcohol, drugs or worse
  4. Burn Out - Which means being a burden instead of a supporter
  5. Destroyed Relationships - With friends, family, employees and suppliers

We thoroughly enjoy working with owners of small construction companies who are just getting started or have been in it for a very long time because we were contractors for a very long time ourselves and tried to do and be everything.

When we had our construction businesses we hired bookkeepers to work for us in our office which is why I write so extensively about Incompetent Bookkeepers and Bad Bookkeepers and damage they cause in the lives, families, marriages of employees and suppliers of so many construction businesses.

I have a background in accounting having went to college for it in the 1970's before starting my first construction firm and after buying and selling houses, it is called "flipping houses" these days. Even back then I knew better than to do my own bookkeeping and annual income tax return.

We have outsourced our annual tax return to professional income tax preparers since before flipping houses. Choose your bookkeeping, accounting and annual tax preparers wisely because each one is a specialty of its own. Finally, really do consider putting together a Board of Advisors and we can assist you with that.

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For Construction Company Owners who do not need the full power of QuickBooks for contractors and want 24/7 online access we offer Xero Accounting Online and we have custom setup for construction companies. Click Here For More.

This Is One More Example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners all across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to people like you so stop missing out! Call Sharie 206-361-3950 or sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com and schedule your no charge one-hour consultation.

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Profitable Contractors and Construction Company owners have known about the value of outsourced bookkeeping services and contractor coaching services like ours for a long time and now you know about it too! 

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About The Author:

Randal DeHart, PMP, QPA The Construction AccountantRandal DeHart, PMP, QPA is the co-founder of Business Consulting And Accounting in Lynnwood Washington. He is the leading expert in outsourced construction bookkeeping and accounting services for small construction companies across the USA. He is experienced as a Contractor, Project Management Professional, Construction Accountant, Intuit ProAdvisor, QuickBooks For Contractors Expert and Xero Accounting Specialist. This combination of experience and skill sets provides a unique perspective which allows him to see the world through the eyes of a contractor, Project Manager, Accountant and construction accountant. This quadruple understanding is what sets him apart from other Intuit ProAdvisors and Xero accountants to the benefit of all of the construction contractors he serves across the USA. Visit http://www.fasteasyaccounting.com/randal-dehart/ to learn more.

Our Co-Founder Randal DeHart - Is a Certified PMP (Project Management Professional) with several years of construction project management experience. His expertise is construction accounting systems engineering and process development. His exhaustive study of several leading experts including the work of Dr. W. Edward Deming, Michael Gerber, Walter A. Shewhart, James Lewis and dozens of others was the foundation upon which our Construction Bookkeeping System is based and continues to evolve and improve. Check out our Contractor Success Map Podcast on iTunes and Follow Randal on Google+

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