20 Reasons to Use the VirtualBoss QuickBooks Pro Template for Contractors.

1 It will have you properly running the most advanced & popular accounting software on the market.  More contractors use QuickBooks than any other accounting package.
2 It will save you the days of the experimentation time that is necessary to properly set up your books.  It includes free phone support  to get you started.
3 It will allow you to use the same job names,  cost categories,   sub categories,  accounts, and sub accounts you always have.
4 It could save you days of work trying to correct mistakes made if you do not set it up correctly the first time.
5 It was designed by our CPA staff & building contractors for building contractors.
6 It includes job summary reports that allow you to see the big picture on all of your costs quickly and accurately.
7 It includes budget to actual reports for each job to quickly see where you are making mistakes on your estimates or overpaying your bills.
8 It allows you to keep all you jobs on the balance sheet where they belong until you are ready to close them out.  Ask your accountant where your jobs belong.
9 It helps you how to keep your job summary information in agreement with your balance sheet and income statement.
10 It shows you how to have payroll and payroll taxes selectively charged directly to any job line items you want.
11 It will keep overhead and Job Hard Costs separate and where they belong.
12 It has specialized reports for contractors set up and ready to use.   This includes budgets,  job costs,  budget to actual comparisons,  income statements & more.
13 It includes 2 Hours of support on how to set your books for construction accounting.   Worth $100.00.
14 You get all the functionality QuickBooks Pro offers.  No features are locked up or unusable.
15 VirtualBoss is dedicated to the Construction Industry Professional.  It is all we do.
16 We can tell you where you can buy QuickBooks Pro for savings of up to $80.00 or even get a free 25 use trial CDs mailed to you.
17 We will keep you up to date on significant updates,  enhancements,  and problems by email.  You can always have the latest and greatest.
18 If you want we will send you periodic tips & instructions on how to improve your systems.
19 You will have a software that will continue to improve that is easy to find support and upgrades for.  No other software company has the resources to make as great of a product as QuickBooks Pro.
20 QuickBooks Pro now has multi-user capabilities and has the features even the large contractors need.


Why Use QuickBooks Pro & VirtualBoss together


With VirtualBoss you get the best of all worlds when it comes to accounting and job costing.   With the VirtualBoss project management software you can stay with your current accounting system or at any time start using QuickBooks Pro.  QuickBooks Pro has been the industry leader in easy to use accounting software and probably will be for a long time.  QuickBooks Pro is easy to use & is very powerful ( especially when set up with software that is designed to complement it ).  QuickBooks Pro now has multi-user capabilities so it can even handle many large contractor needs.  Most construction software packages come with cumbersome accounting systems that you have never heard of before.  Most systems can not compare to QuickBooks's ease of use, power, & reasonable price.  Many companies try to write rich accounting systems,  but can not compete with what a fortune 500 company can do.  In 5 years your QuickBooks Pro system will be capable of doing things you can not imagine today.  In 5 years many competing accounting systems will be gone. VirtualBoss users get a CPA designed & builder approved software to complement what ever accounting system they are using.  VirtualBoss picks up the scheduling and project management functions that your accounting package does not have.  Of course no program is flexible enough to handle all industries accounting and production matters.  Quick Books is good but it does not schedule,  create or manage work orders.  VirtualBoss gives you top scheduling & project management capabilities while QuickBooks Pro gives you the world class accounting and job costing functions you want.  QuickBooks is used by literally millions of businesses throughout the world.  QuickBooks installed and properly set up on your computer is extremely powerful and easy to use.   VirtualBoss users know they have world class project management & job scheduling software.  VirtualBoss gives you a choice.