Construction Accounting Services — Bookkeeping, Payroll & DCAA Compliance for Contractors
Built for the trades. Our construction accounting services cover the full picture — job-costing bookkeeping, certified payroll, and DCAA-compliant accounting for contractors who bid government work. We speak your business: change orders, retainage, WIP,
prevailing wage, and the audit trail that keeps you out of trouble. You won’t be explaining your industry to us. We already know it.
Most firms doing accounting for construction companies treat a contractor like a retail shop with extra steps. We don’t. We track cost codes by phase, reconcile retainage so your job reports match reality, and run certified payroll for construction crews on prevailing-wage work. If your QuickBooks file is a mess, we rebuild it — a clean chart of accounts for construction company QuickBooks setups, structured around divisions, cost types, and job profitability instead of generic line items.
We do this work in-house. Every set of books, every payroll run, every month-end close. We don’t outsource. Ever. When you bring us accounting and bookkeeping services for construction companies, you get one team that knows your jobs, your contracts, and your numbers — not a rotating cast of strangers across three time zones.
Bookkeeping for Construction Business
Bookkeeping for construction business runs on job-costing, not guesswork. We tie every dollar to the job, the phase, and the cost code — so you know which work made money and which work bled it before the next bid goes out.
Outsourced Accounting for Construction Companies
Outsourced accounting for construction companies usually means handing your books to people who have never set foot on a job site. Our version is different — a controller down the hall, not a ticket queue. You get people who understand draws, lien waivers, and the difference between committed and actual cost, close enough to your work to catch problems before they hit your margin.
DCAA-Compliant Accounting, Built In
If you hold or pursue federal contracts, your books have to stand up to a Defense Contract Audit Agency review. We structure your accounting to those standards — segregated direct, indirect, and unallowable costs, defensible indirect rates, and an audit trail that traces every dollar to its source — so a DCAA audit is a formality, not a scramble.
Years in practice
Kept in‑house
DCAA‑compliant books
Tools integrated
Four disciplines, one ledger.
Bookkeeping
Clean, current books — reconciled accounts, accurate financial statements, and reporting you can actually use to make decisions.
Payroll
Wages, withholdings, and filings handled on schedule, tied back to the same ledger your statements draw from.
DCAA compliance
Books kept to government‑contracting standards, structured and documented so an audit is a review, not a rebuild.
Integrations
The tools you already run, connected to QuickBooks so your data flows in once and reconciles cleanly.
Two phases, one standard.
Onboarding
We assess the health of your QuickBooks file, determine whether it matches your previous year’s tax return, and evaluate the viability of any existing bookkeeping. From there we recommend the changes or restructuring needed to move forward with accurate accounting — or build a new file for your entity and bring it current.
Ongoing
We maintain your accounting file in the most efficient, accurate, and effective manner — accounting for the complexity of your file: the number of bank and credit‑card accounts and the level of detail your financial statements require. Tax season becomes documentation, not a scramble.
The systems we run for you.
Point‑of‑Sale & Field Service
Housecall Pro, Jobber
E‑Commerce Control
MyWorks, Shopify, Katana Cloud Manufacturing, SOS Inventory, Webgility
Cash & Bank Management
Stripe, Venmo, PayPal, major crypto apps
Expense & Receipt Capture
Dext, Expensify, Ramp
Accounts Payable & Bill Pay
Bill.com, Melio, AvidXchange
Time Tracking & Projects
Housecall Pro, Jobber, Clockify
Sales Tax & Compliance
Avalara AvaTax, TaxJar
Reporting & Control
Job costing, budget vs. actual, CMS, QuickBooks Enterprise & Online
You are the highest authority of your business.
Construction accounting services, built to a standard you can stand behind.
Book a consultation. →FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
What is DCAA compliance and does my business need it?
If you hold or pursue federal contracts, your books must stand up to a Defense Contract Audit Agency review, segregated direct, indirect, and unallowable costs, defensible indirect rates, and a clean audit trail. We structure your accounting to those standards from day one.
Do you work with construction and trades businesses?
Yes, construction, plumbing, HVAC, hazmat, and inspections are core clients. We handle job costing, certified payroll, WIP, and DCAA compliance specific to the trades.