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Which Logbooks to Use Before you begin with the MacNail construction accounting software, you'll have to decide exactly how you want to job cost each of the four basic types of expenses: Labor, Materials, Subcontractors, and Miscellaneous Items. You can change your mind later about how to job cost any item, but it is much simpler if you choose a setup in the beginning and stick with it. NOTE-- Goldenseal construction accounting software is the successor to MacNail, which we retired in 2000. Goldenseal is an integrated business management program that includes general accounting, job costing, payroll and project billing, plus construction cost estimating, contract writing and simple scheduling. It handles both cash and accrual transactions in parallel, so you don't need to choose between them (as was the case in MacNail). For each of the four expense types, you must choose whether to job cost from the Checkbook Ledger, or from a Logbook. *
Job cost from a Checkbook Ledger if each check usually covers just one project and one construction category. |
