Financial clarity from bid to close-out
Monthly insights on WIP, job costing, bonding, and the tax and accounting decisions contractors face most, from the James Moore construction team.
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What's inside each issue
Built around the questions contractors bring us, from the WIP schedule to the bonding table to the tax return that ties it all together.
Letter from Webb
One observation from the field and a question worth sitting with, from Webb Shephard, in plain terms.
Featured Insight
The article that anchors the issue, with a clear key takeaway and a link, on bonding, WIP accuracy, tax planning, or the tools that run your books.
Construction in the News
Three or four current items with a one-line read on why each matters, from materials costs and labor data to federal contracting and the market.
Tax & Compliance Radar
A clear read on what's active or approaching, from a filing deadline to a depreciation update, a Davis-Bacon change, or a bonding requirement.
On Our Radar
What's coming in the next few weeks that your finance team should be preparing for, so nothing catches the crew off guard.
Resource of the Issue
One thing worth keeping, a guide, checklist, webinar, or tool, chosen to help you put each issue's insights to work right away.
Built for the people who run the numbers behind the build
Every project lives or dies on the numbers behind it, the bid, the WIP, the bonding line. This newsletter keeps those numbers sharp, so the office and the field are working from the same version of the truth.
Contractor owners and presidents
CFOs, controllers, and construction accountants
Project and finance managers
Bonding and surety decision-makers
Advisors serving construction firms
Webb Shephard, CPA
Partner
As a CPA and consultant with nearly 15 years of experience, Webb has earned the trust of clients from a broad range of industries. His primary focus is serving the needs of construction-related companies.
The leader of our firm’s Construction Services Team, Webb has helped many industry clients with audits/reviews/compilations, tax planning and compliance, bonding and surety support, revenue cycle enhancement, transition planning and more under tax, outsourced accounting and fractional CFO services. He is a member of Construction Industry CPAs and Consultants (CICPAC) (including the CICPAC Emerging Leaders group) and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA).
Prior to joining James Moore, Webb was the Director of Operations for a national telecommunications contract company. Being in upper-level management for nearly a decade gave Webb unique experience that not many other CPAs possess – leading to insight that helps him better identify organizational and financial issues that are ripe for improvement. He also has a background in computer engineering and is CompTIA A+ certified.