Builder's Guide to Accounting

About This Book

The Builder's Guide to Accounting by Michael C. Thomsett is a practical manual from Craftsman Book Company that helps construction professionals set up and manage bookkeeping systems tailored to the building industry.

Key Features

  • Construction-Specific Accounting: Covers industry practices such as percentage-of-completion and completed-contract methods, managing receivables and payables, and organizing a specialized chart of accounts.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Addresses state and federal accounting guidelines, depreciation rules, and tax regulations.
  • Practical Tools: Includes charts, diagrams, blank forms, end-of-chapter questions, and self-test software.

Common Uses

  • Contractor Licensing Exams: Widely required or recommended for state contractor business and finance licensing exams, including Florida's.
  • Small Business Management: A plain-English reference for self-employed builders, subcontractors, and developers who need to understand financial statements and track project profitability.

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This book is required or recommended for 1 licensing exam. We've written 136 practice questions directly from this material, each one citing the chapter and section it comes from.