What Contractors Should Know About the IRA’s PWA Requirements
In June 2024, the IRS released final regulations addressing the prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements for increased clean energy tax deduction or credit amounts. These tax breaks were made available under the Inflation Reduction Read More
Sep 03, 2024
Cash Flow Management for Construction Businesses
Construction companies have always faced challenges when it comes to cash flow. The difficulty largely springs from the often-lengthy gaps between winning projects, doing the work and receiving payments. As a result, it's critical for Read More
Aug 07, 2024
How Construction Business Owners Can Make Succession Planning Easier
Creating a comprehensive and actionable succession plan is rarely easy for business owners. It's certainly a challenge for most contractors, who may find it difficult to step away from the day-to-day hustle and bustle of Read More
Jul 12, 2024
Construction Business Owners: Prepare Now for Possible Tax Law Changes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law in 2017 and generally took effect at the start of 2018. It brought sweeping changes to various aspects of tax law for both individuals Read More
Jun 11, 2024
Construction Business Owners: Avoid These Two Common Accounting Problems
For construction companies, accounting isn't as simple as just balancing the books every month. Contractors tend to have multiple projects underway at various stages of completion and, ideally, more in the pipeline. Your accounting practices Read More
May 13, 2024
How Construction Businesses Can Better Manage Their Money
For construction businesses, financial management is notoriously complex. Contractors have to deal with the ebbs and flows of their respective markets, project-based pricing and collections, rising operating costs, and various other factors — not the Read More
Apr 09, 2024
Construction Companies Can Manage Their Workers’ Comp Costs
For construction businesses, workers' compensation insurance is a must-have. Unfortunately, because of factors such as inflation and labor shortages, the cost per claim has generally increased industrywide in recent years. It may seem like there's Read More
Mar 11, 2024
An Overview of the Percentage of Completion Accounting Method for Construction Businesses
In the complex and sometimes chaotic world of long-term construction projects, many contractors find themselves struggling to accurately align the revenue coming in with the expenses being paid out. This is where the percentage of Read More
Feb 13, 2024
Change Order Management: Best Practices for Construction Businesses
As you know, change orders are an inherent part of the construction industry. Alterations to the original design, specifications, execution methods or scope of a job can impact the budget and timeline. And when not Read More
Jan 16, 2024
How Construction Company Owners Can Build a Succession Plan Framework
At some time or another, construction company owners must hang up their hard hats. But what will happen to your business when you retire or move on to the next professional opportunity? And what if Read More
Jan 02, 2024