Using Job Costing Info

Using Cost Control Information

The Job Cost Control worksheets in the MacNail construction accounting software will give you a detailed look at your costs for each project. It sets up an 'estimated versus actual' Cost Control worksheet for each project. Actual costs from the Ledgers and Logs are posted to the Cost Control sheets for each job.

NOTE-- Goldenseal job costing software offers several different job costing reports, that show a job cost summary, a detailed cost breakdown, or "estimated vs actual" comparisons. Goldenseal was released in 2000, and replaces MacNail accounting.

The Cost Control sheets are handy as a progress report part way through the job. At the completion of the job, they will tell you exactly how much you made, and how accurate your bid was for each construction category.

The Cost Control sheets can also be used to feed back information to your estimating database, improving the accuracy of future estimates based on your experience with completed jobs.

Using Profit & Loss Information

The Profit & Loss (P&L) worksheets in the MacNail construction accounting software will track your overall income and outgo for each project. They will show your cash flow on a monthly basis in the Monthly P &L Report, and on an overall basis in the Job P&L Report.

After adjusting for your overhead, you can use the P&L Reports to quickly see how well you do on each job. They will also let you see how your cash flow changes from month to month and from year to year.