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On project finances, purchasing and cash flow
Practical articles for people who run projects.
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Job costing for contractors: from estimate to forecast profit
How to calculate job cost, from estimate and buyout to WIP, profit fade and forecast profit.
Read the articleOnlineJob costing, plan by plan
Job costing in QuickBooks Online: what each plan can do in 2026
What each QuickBooks Online plan can do for job costing, and how to track labour, purchase orders and cost to complete.
Read the articleProjectsFeatures, pricing and purchase orders
Xero Projects for contractors (2026): features, pricing and purchase orders
What Xero Projects covers for contractors, what it costs and what happens to a purchase order.
Read the articlePurchase order tracking for projects: commitments, three-way match and accruals
How to track purchase order commitments, match orders, receipts and bills, and handle month-end accruals.
Read the articleEstimate at completion vs estimate to complete: four methods and one contractor example
Four ways to calculate estimate at completion, worked through on one contractor job.
Read the articleProject accounting: the rules, revenue by progress and managing live projects
When project accounting is required, what it must contain, revenue by progress and how to manage projects that are still running.
Read the article+ ProfitTrackerPurchasing and forecast profit
Project finances with Tripletex: the project module, purchasing and forecast profit
What the project module in Tripletex covers, and how to track purchasing, on-account invoicing and forecast profit per project.
Read the article+ ProfitTrackerBudgets, labour costs and committed costs
Project finances with PowerOffice Go: budgets, labour costs, changes and committed costs
What PowerOffice Go covers for projects: budgets, labour costs, completion rate, changes and committed costs.
Read the articlePO-24112-002282,000Purchase orders in projects: how to track committed costs
Planned, ordered, received and posted. How one cost moves through a project without ever being counted twice.
Read the articleCash flow budget for projects: the method and a month-by-month worked example
Why a project can turn a profit and still drain your cash, and how to build a cash flow budget month by month.
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