Posts By: Elle Shum

Your crew just finished a project in Tennessee and they’re heading to Virginia tomorrow. Great for business, but your bookkeeper just realized you need to register with Virginia’s tax agency, figure out their prevailing wage requirements, and determine which state’s unemployment insurance applies. Welcome to multi-state payroll compliance for contractors.  

If you run a small or medium construction company, you’ve probably heard: “Just use QuickBooks. It works for contractors.” When you’re starting out, QuickBooks handles basic bookkeeping. But here’s what nobody tells you: as your business grows, that “good enough” solution starts costing you money.  Construction accounting isn’t like accounting for a retail store or services business. You’re tracking job costs across multiple active projects, managing