Construction accounting & bookkeeping built for Texas contractors
Most Texas contractors don't lose money on the build. They lose it afterward: retainage that sits uncollected for months, job costs that never quite tie out, and books that aren't ready when the bank or bonding company asks. With crews running in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio at the same time, keeping job costs and WIP straight across markets gets harder every quarter, and the Texas franchise tax punishes messy cost records at filing time. A regular bookkeeper isn't set up for construction. We keep the books for Texas builders the way they should be kept: clean job costing, real WIP schedules, retainage tracked to the dollar, and numbers your bank and bonding company trust. We work with general contractors, concrete and site crews, mechanical trades, and commercial builders across the state of Texas.
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Texas construction accounting
We provide contractor bookkeeping services in Texas designed specifically for construction businesses. Our team maintains clean, reconciled, CPA ready financial records that reflect the demands of the Texas construction market.
Every construction platform claims to have a "QuickBooks integration." Most break the moment your books need to be accurate. Sales tax mismaps, retainage disappears, change orders create duplicates, and job costing reports stop matching project reality. We fix the integration so your software, your books, and your job‑level numbers all tell the same story.
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We set up and manage job costing systems so contractors in Texas can track every dollar by project. Our team ensures accurate cost allocation, budget monitoring, and margin analysis across all active jobs including energy, commercial, and residential construction.
We prepare WIP schedules and manage revenue recognition for construction companies in Texas. Whether you are bidding on energy sector projects or reporting to bonding companies, accurate WIP schedules are essential to financial clarity and growth.
Retainage is one of the most mismanaged line items in construction accounting. Texas contractors typically hold 5% to 10% retainage on every contract, and tracking it incorrectly leads to cash flow problems, billing disputes, and inaccurate financial statements. FinTruction manages retainage receivable and retainage payable at the project level so your balance sheet always reflects the true financial position of your construction company.
Texas has no state income tax, but contractors must navigate the Texas franchise tax, federal tax obligations, and sales tax on materials. Our construction tax planning services align your job costing, WIP reporting, and revenue recognition with federal and state tax requirements so you stay compliant and minimize your tax burden.
Growing construction companies in Texas need more than bookkeeping. Our controller services and CFO services give you executive-level financial oversight without the cost of a full-time hire. We provide strategic financial guidance tailored to how construction businesses operate in the fast-growing Texas market.
They didn’t just record transactions and call it a day. They built a custom chart of accounts around how a remodeling company actually runs, did a full catch-up on years of bookkeeping inside QuickBooks Online, and now stay on top of my monthly bookkeeping and payroll. Every step, they broke it down in simple terms instead of burying me in accountant talk.
FinTruction rebuilt the whole thing from the ground up, with real job costing, work in progress, and retainage. They didn’t just hand me reports and disappear; they walked me through my numbers until I understood them.
Sahil and his team handle the bookkeeping and job costing for my painting business. They cleaned up my books and set up integrations that give me accurate, timely job costing with solid weekly data. Reliable, detailed, and genuinely invested in getting the numbers right.
FinTruction is the only bookkeeping team we’ve found that truly understands construction accounting and WIP reporting. They aligned our income and costs across 21 jobs and gave us full, monthly transparency. Fast, accurate, and an indispensable partner.
When I came to FinTruction I had no financial structure. No job costing, no WIP tracking, books behind. They did a full cleanup and rebuilt job costing and WIP tracking in QuickBooks. Now I know what’s billed, what’s owed, and where every job stands.
A couple of minutes from a contractor we support, sharing what working with FinTruction has been like and what changed once their numbers finally made sense.
Texas is the second largest construction market in the United States, trailing only California in total construction spending. The state's combination of rapid population growth, corporate relocations, energy sector investment, and massive infrastructure programs creates a construction environment that is both enormously profitable and financially complex.
For contractors operating in Texas, this growth creates multi-project environments that demand precise job costing. Energy sector work in the Gulf Coast region involves specialized facility construction with strict safety and cost tracking requirements. Major metro areas like Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio see continuous commercial development, data center construction, and residential building that drives demand across every trade.
Texas also sits in a hurricane-prone region along the Gulf Coast, which generates significant storm damage restoration and resilience construction work. Contractors involved in disaster recovery must track FEMA-funded project costs separately and comply with federal reimbursement documentation requirements. Inland markets see steady demand in highway construction, water infrastructure, and municipal facility development funded by state and federal programs.
FinTruction understands the financial demands of operating in the Texas construction market. Our construction accounting services are built to support contractors who manage multiple active jobs across diverse sectors, track labor across large crews, handle complex billing structures, and need financial reporting that satisfies banks, bonding companies, and CPAs.
Texas is the second largest construction market in the United States. Contractors here manage rapid growth, complex franchise tax obligations, multi-project environments, and regulatory requirements that generic small-business bookkeeping cannot address.
Texas Franchise Tax for Construction Companies: Texas imposes a franchise tax on most business entities with revenue above the filing threshold. Construction companies can use the cost of goods sold method to calculate their taxable margin, which allows deductions for direct labor, materials, and subcontractor costs. Properly classifying construction expenses under the COGS method can substantially reduce your franchise tax liability. FinTruction structures your chart of accounts and job costing to maximize allowable deductions under the Texas franchise tax.
TDLR Contractor Registration and Licensing: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation oversees licensing for specific trades including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and irrigation contractors. While Texas does not require a general contractor license at the state level, many municipalities require local permits and registrations. Contractors must also maintain proper general liability insurance, workers compensation coverage, and bond documentation. FinTruction ensures your financial records and compliance documentation are properly maintained within your accounting system.
Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage on Federal Projects: Texas does not have a state prevailing wage law, but contractors working on federally funded projects must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act. This requires payment of locally prevailing wages and submission of certified payroll reports for each pay period. Our accounting team tracks prevailing wage rates by trade, prepares certified payroll reports, and maintains documentation that meets federal audit requirements.
Texas Property Code and Lien Rights: The Texas Property Code governs mechanic's lien rights for contractors and subcontractors. Contractors must provide proper notices and file liens within specific timeframes to protect their right to payment. Accurate accounting records that document contract amounts, payments received, and outstanding balances are essential to enforcing lien rights and resolving payment disputes. FinTruction helps Texas contractors maintain project-level financial records that support lien filings and payment claims.
Sales Tax on Construction Materials: Texas imposes a 6.25% state sales tax plus local taxes on construction materials purchased by contractors. Contractors are generally considered the end consumers of materials they incorporate into real property improvements, meaning they pay sales tax at the time of purchase. However, certain exemptions exist for manufacturing equipment and specific project types. FinTruction tracks taxable and exempt purchases within your job costing and accounts payable workflows to ensure compliance and avoid overpayment.
A general bookkeeper can record transactions. Construction accounting is a different job.
| What you need | Generic local bookkeeper | FinTruction |
|---|---|---|
| Job-level costing | Lumps all jobs into one P&L | Cost codes and margin per project |
| WIP & revenue recognition | Cash-basis, no WIP schedule | Monthly WIP with over/underbilling |
| Retainage tracking | Buried in AR/AP, often missed | Tracked receivable & payable by contract |
| Bonding & lender packages | Not equipped to produce them | Bonding-ready statements and backlog |
| Construction software | QuickBooks set up like a retail shop | QuickBooks + integrations tuned for contractors |
Our construction accounting services support a wide range of contractors and specialty trades operating across Texas. Whether you run a crew of five or manage a multi-million dollar operation, we build financial systems that match the way your construction business works.
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Let's Build Your Financial ClarityUnlike general accounting firms, we specialize exclusively in construction accounting and contractor bookkeeping.
FinTruction provides construction accounting in Texas that integrates directly with the systems contractors already use. We connect your construction management software, payroll systems, and accounting platforms to create real time financial visibility and accurate job costing.
We configure QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop specifically for construction companies in Texas. From chart of accounts structure to job costing classes and progress invoicing, we set up your QuickBooks so it works the way contractors need it to.
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We integrate your accounting system with the construction management tools your company already uses. Accurate integrations reduce manual work and improve financial reporting accuracy.
Our construction accounting services in Texas ensure your systems communicate properly so job costs, revenue, and expenses are tracked accurately.
Labor is one of the largest costs for construction companies in Texas. We integrate payroll systems with job costing to ensure accurate labor allocation to each project.
With properly integrated construction accounting systems, contractors in Texas gain:
FinTruction builds accounting systems that support decision making, not just compliance.
Construction accounting is a specialized branch of accounting tailored to the unique needs of construction businesses. Unlike regular accounting, it focuses on job costing, percentage of completion revenue recognition, WIP reporting, retainage tracking, and project-level financial analysis.
Texas contractors operate in the second largest construction market in the country with unique financial challenges including the Texas franchise tax, no state income tax advantages to plan around, hurricane zone construction requirements along the Gulf Coast, and rapid growth across multiple metro areas. Specialized construction accounting ensures accurate job costing, WIP reporting, and compliance with Texas-specific regulations.
The Texas franchise tax applies to most business entities operating in the state. Construction companies can calculate their tax liability using the cost of goods sold method, which allows deductions for direct labor, materials, and subcontractor costs. Proper classification of construction costs can significantly reduce franchise tax exposure. FinTruction structures your chart of accounts and job costing to maximize allowable deductions.
Job costing is the process of tracking all costs associated with a specific construction project, including labor, materials, equipment, and subcontractor expenses. It allows contractors to monitor profitability at the project level and make informed decisions about bidding, resource allocation, and project management.
Yes. QuickBooks Online can be configured for construction accounting when set up correctly. FinTruction specializes in setting up QuickBooks for Texas contractors with proper chart of accounts, job costing classes, progress invoicing, and retainage tracking so your books are structured for construction from day one.
Texas does not have a state prevailing wage law, but contractors working on federally funded projects must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act which requires payment of prevailing wages and submission of certified payroll reports. Many municipal and county projects also have specific wage requirements. FinTruction tracks prevailing wage rates and prepares certified payroll reports that meet federal audit requirements.
While Texas has no state income tax, construction companies still face the franchise tax, federal income tax, and payroll tax obligations. The absence of state income tax creates pass-through entity planning opportunities and makes Texas attractive for corporate relocations that drive construction demand. FinTruction helps contractors optimize their overall tax position by aligning entity structure, job costing, and revenue recognition with both federal and Texas-specific tax requirements.
The cost of construction accounting services depends on the size of your company, the number of active projects, transaction volume, and the complexity of your financial reporting needs. FinTruction offers customized pricing based on your specific requirements. Schedule a free consultation and we will provide a clear proposal with no hidden fees.
FinTruction provides construction accounting services across all of Texas. We serve contractors in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, and all surrounding metro areas. Our services are fully remote so we can support construction companies anywhere in the state.
Switching is straightforward. We start with a free consultation to understand your current accounting setup, identify gaps, and outline a transition plan. We then onboard your company by setting up or cleaning your chart of accounts, migrating historical data, configuring job costing, and establishing reporting workflows. Most contractor transitions are completed within two to four weeks with no disruption to your daily operations.
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