Costs and margin

What each job really earns

  • Costs recorded on the job
Accountant

Cost ledger

Accountant

Cost ledger

1Step 1 of 5

  1. Money → Cost ledger: every cost with its project, source, group, origin and amount.
  2. Stone arrives on its own when a cut uses a slab, and labour when a day is approved.

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Manual cost

Accountant

Manual cost

2Step 2 of 5

  1. New cost entry: choose a job or workshop overhead and the cost group. Enter the signed amount ex GST, the origin, the effective date and the reason.
  2. Append manual entry.

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Reverse a cost

Accountant

Reverse a cost

3Step 3 of 5

  1. Reverse adds the opposite entry with the reason.
  2. Nothing in the ledger is edited or deleted.

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Contribution margin

Director

Contribution margin

4Step 4 of 5

  1. The margin of one job: contract value, less stone, labour and other costs, all ex GST.

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Margin report

Director

Margin report

5Step 5 of 5

  1. Reports → Project contribution margin over a period: contract value, direct cost, contribution and margin of every job.

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The director reads the contribution margin of every job

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