Construction Accounting Built for Tri-Cities Contractors

DOR franchise fees eating your margins. L&I audits keeping you up at night. Subcontractor 1099s that never seem right. Job costing that's more guessing than tracking. We fix all of it. Steadfast Accounting knows construction accounting inside and out - because we work with builders every day.

Construction Accounting Is a Different Animal.
Most CPAs Don't Get It.

DOR Franchise Fee Confusion

You're collecting 6% retail sales tax on the house - but what about permits? Wells? Excavation? Landscaping? If you're over-collecting or under-collecting, the DOR will find out. We know exactly which scopes are exempt and which aren't.

L&I Audits

One misclassified worker and L&I hits you with 50% penalties on all unpaid premiums - plus interest. We make sure your risk classes are right, your quarterly reports are filed, and your records are audit-proof.

Sub Classification Headaches

Is your framer a subcontractor or an employee? The IRS says one thing, L&I says another. We help you structure it correctly - contracts, insurance, L&I accounts, and 1099s all done right.

Progress Billing Mess

Draw schedules, change orders, retention - tracking revenue on a job that spans 6 months is a nightmare in QuickBooks. We set up job costing that actually makes sense and tells you which jobs are profitable.

Over/Under Billing

Construction accounting has a unique problem: you bill ahead of costs (under-billed revenue) or behind costs (over-billing). If your CPA doesn't understand percentage-of-completion, your financials are wrong. We do.

Subcontractor 1099s

Missing a W-9? Forgot to collect certificates of insurance? Paid a sub $600 and didn't file a 1099? That's $260 per form in penalties. We track all of it so you're covered at year-end.

Construction-Specific Accounting Services

Job Cost Accounting

Know which jobs make money and which drain it. We set up proper job costing in QuickBooks - every cost coded to a job, every draw tracked, every change order documented.

  • Per-job P&L reports
  • Draw schedule tracking
  • Change order documentation
  • Percentage-of-completion revenue

DOR Franchise Fee Management

The WA DOR taxes new construction at 6% - but only on the house itself. Permits, wells, excavation, landscaping, septic systems, and turnkey scopes are exempt. We make sure you're collecting and remitting correctly.

  • Exempt scope identification
  • Monthly/quarterly DOR filing
  • Draw-based sales tax tracking
  • DOR audit defense

L&I Quarterly Reports

Worker hours reported under the right risk class, filed on time every quarter. No more scrambling in January to fix a year of misclassified hours.

  • Risk class review & optimization
  • Quarterly L&I filing
  • Audit preparation & defense
  • Experience factor tracking

Subcontractor 1099s

W-9s collected, insurance verified, 1099s filed - every sub, every year. We track it all so January isn't a panic.

  • W-9 & COI collection
  • Year-end 1099 filing
  • Sub vs. employee classification
  • Contractor agreement templates

Payroll for Crews

Prevailing wage, union scale, certified payroll reports - construction payroll has layers most accountants never see. We handle it.

  • Crew payroll processing
  • Certified payroll reports (Davis-Bacon)
  • Prevailing wage tracking
  • Burdened labor cost reporting

Equipment Depreciation

Excavators, trucks, trailers, tools - we track depreciation, Section 179 elections, and fuel tax credits so your equipment costs are optimized.

  • Fixed asset tracking
  • Section 179 & bonus depreciation
  • Fuel tax credit reconciliation
  • Equipment lifecycle cost analysis
Before Steadfast, our DOR franchise fee reports were a shot in the dark. We didn't know which scopes were exempt, so we were over-collecting from buyers and creating a mess at closing. Willson cleaned it all up - mapped every exempt scope, set up proper job costing, and now we actually know our margins per job. It's the first time our books have made sense.
Tri-Cities Home Builder Construction · Richland, WA

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