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Job Cost Breakdowns
Costs for each job or project broken down by labour, materials, equipment and overhead.
ebertCPAChartered Professional Accountant
Business Advisory & Support
Job Costing & Pricing
Job costing, pricing and estimating support for businesses that work by the job or project: what each job actually costs, compared with the price, so future work can be quoted with confidence.
Overview
Know what each job really cost before you quote the next one.
Job costing tracks the labour, materials, equipment and overhead that go into each job or project and compares them with what you charged. It shows which work is profitable and gives you a basis for pricing and estimating the next job.
- Costs
- Labour, materials, equipment and overhead.
- Compared
- Against the price and the estimate.
- Monthly
- Reviewed with your reports.
- By the job
- For businesses that work by the job.
What’s included
Job Costing & Pricing Services
Job costing is part of our business advisory work and can run alongside monthly accounting.
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Price, Estimate and Bid Reviews
Actual costs compared with the price and the original estimate, and support on bids and proformas: the competition, the location and forecast costs for materials and fuel.
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Monthly Job Profitability
Job results reviewed with your monthly financial reports.
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Overhead Allocation
Shared costs spread across jobs so each job carries its fair share.
Example
Cost Against Price, Job by Job
Each bar breaks a job's costs into labour, materials, equipment and overhead. The marker shows the price. The gap between them is the margin on that job.
- Which jobs earn a margin and which do not
- Where costs run over the estimate
- A basis for pricing the next job
Working together
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about job costing and pricing.
ServicesWhat does job costing show?+
What each job or project actually cost in labour, materials, equipment and overhead, compared with the price or estimate, so you can see which work is profitable.
ServicesCan you help us cost and price our jobs?+
Yes. We provide project costing, pricing and estimating support, including bids and proformas, reviewing job costs against prices so you can quote future work with a clear view of costs and margins.
ServicesWhat does financial training involve?+
Training is arranged for owners and staff and focuses on reading and using financial information, such as the balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and budgets. Content and format are agreed for each engagement.
FeesHow are your fees determined?+
Fees are quoted for each engagement and sized to your business. They depend on the services you need, the volume of transactions and the condition of your records: clean monthly statements take less work than a year of receipts in a box. We agree fees before work begins and discuss any additional work with you first.
Specialties
Related Specialties
Job costing uses the same records as your monthly reporting.
Accounting & ReportingMonthly Financial ReportingStatements prepared, reviewed and explained.
Business AdvisoryBusiness AdvisoryBudgets, financing and financial leadership.
Accounting & ReportingBookkeepingTransactions recorded and accounts kept current.
Tax CompliancePayrollPay runs, source deductions and remittances.