The job-costing system “solves” the problem by using a standard unit cost—or the hourly rate—to represent the expected average hourly cost for a given class and category of machine. We think, and our ...

Job Costing. As a construction company, or any company that has direct costs associated with each project or customer, it should have been job-costing.

QuickBooks Desktop handles job costing with precision. I can track every phase of a project, allocate labor costs directly from payroll, and generate estimates vs. actuals with just a few clicks.

Accounting software for construction companies should feature tools that meet industry-specific needs for budgeting, job costing, project tracking and reporting. Many, or all, of the products ...