LNH CPA PLLC

LNH CPA PLLC Helping contractors gain clarity around cash flow, job profitability, and the numbers driving their business.

CPA firm + BuildClarity financial intelligence platform built specifically for construction companies.

Hot take: a positive P&L does not mean your business is actually profitable.A P&L shows you the total. It does not show ...
07/17/2026

Hot take: a positive P&L does not mean your business is actually profitable.

A P&L shows you the total. It does not show you which jobs made money, which ones lost money, or whether the profit you see is coming from one strong job covering the losses on three others.

Without job-level costing, a contractor can have a great-looking income statement and still be building a business on a shaky foundation. The profit looks real until the strong job is gone.

Job costing is what turns a P&L from a summary into a decision-making tool. LNH CPA helps contractors set up job costing in QuickBooks, run a monthly close, and understand exactly where the profit is coming from. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Quick win: add a retainage receivable review to your monthly close.Retainage is money you have already earned. It is hel...
07/15/2026

Quick win: add a retainage receivable review to your monthly close.

Retainage is money you have already earned. It is held back by the GC or owner until the job reaches a certain milestone or completion, but it is still yours. The problem is that when retainage is not tracked clearly by job, it can sit unreviewed for months — and in some cases, the window to collect it quietly closes.

A simple monthly review of what is held, by which job, and when it is due for release can protect real cash that is already on the table.

LNH CPA helps contractors build the monthly reporting process that keeps retainage, unbilled work, and job cash flow visible and actionable. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Construction Q&A: What is a WIP schedule?A WIP schedule — work in progress — is a report that shows where each active jo...
07/12/2026

Construction Q&A: What is a WIP schedule?

A WIP schedule — work in progress — is a report that shows where each active job stands between what has been earned and what has been billed. It helps a contractor see whether a job is running ahead of billing, behind billing, or right on track.

Without it, a contractor can feel like cash is fine when a job is actually underbilled, or feel behind when the billing is actually ahead of the work. Either way, the WIP schedule is one of the clearest tools for understanding what the business is really doing on active jobs.

LNH CPA helps contractors build and use WIP schedules as part of a monthly reporting rhythm so the numbers support better decisions. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Myth: adding 20% markup to your costs means 20% profit.Reality: markup and margin are calculated differently, and confus...
07/10/2026

Myth: adding 20% markup to your costs means 20% profit.

Reality: markup and margin are calculated differently, and confusing them can mean your pricing leaves less room than you think.

This is one of the most common pricing blind spots for contractors. The bid looks right, the job looks profitable, and then the numbers at the end do not match the expectation. Understanding the difference between markup and margin is one of the first steps to building pricing that actually protects cash and profit.

LNH CPA helps contractors review job history, understand their real margins, and build a pricing process backed by actual numbers. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Contractor mistake: doing the work on a change order before it is approved and billed.Change orders are real money. When...
07/08/2026

Contractor mistake: doing the work on a change order before it is approved and billed.

Change orders are real money. When the scope expands and the billing does not follow, the cost goes into the job but the revenue does not. That gap can quietly shrink a job that looked profitable on paper.

The fix is not complicated. It starts with tracking every change order by job, knowing which ones are approved, and making sure nothing gets missed when the next billing cycle comes around.

LNH CPA helps contractors build the job-cost reporting and monthly billing review process to catch these gaps before they compound. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Did you know a job can look profitable and still fail to carry the business properly?Direct labor and materials matter, ...
07/05/2026

Did you know a job can look profitable and still fail to carry the business properly?

Direct labor and materials matter, but they are not the whole picture. Office costs, insurance, vehicles, software, supervision, and other overhead pressures still need to be covered by the work you sell. If those costs are not reviewed clearly, a contractor can keep winning jobs that look fine on paper but do not create enough room for the business.

LNH CPA helps contractors review job profitability, understand overhead pressure, and build reporting that supports better pricing decisions. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

A WIP schedule — work in progress schedule — is one of the most important financial tools a contractor can use, and most...
07/05/2026

A WIP schedule — work in progress schedule — is one of the most important financial tools a contractor can use, and most contractors have never seen one for their own business.

It shows where every open job stands financially: how much has been billed relative to how much work has actually been completed. When a job is overbilled, it can look like cash is flowing well even when the margin is fading. When a job is underbilled, earned revenue is sitting on the table.

LNH CPA helps contractors set up and review WIP schedules so they can see what is really happening on open jobs before it becomes a problem. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

FAQ: “Do I need a bookkeeper, or do I need controller-level support?”A bookkeeper helps keep transactions recorded. Cont...
07/03/2026

FAQ: “Do I need a bookkeeper, or do I need controller-level support?”

A bookkeeper helps keep transactions recorded. Controller-level support helps turn those numbers into decisions. For a growing contractor, the difference shows up when the owner needs to know which jobs made money, why cash feels tight, what bills are coming, and whether the month is actually closed.

If your reports are late, job costs are unclear, and QuickBooks does not give you answers you trust, the next step may not be more cleanup. It may be a stronger monthly financial system.

LNH CPA helps contractors clean up the books, install reporting rhythms, and use the numbers for better cash, pricing, and job decisions. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

One of the fastest ways to find missing revenue in your business is to pull up every open job and look at the change ord...
07/03/2026

One of the fastest ways to find missing revenue in your business is to pull up every open job and look at the change orders.

If work was done but the change order was never submitted, approved, or billed, that money is sitting in your labor and materials costs with nothing coming back in. On a single job that can be $10,000 to $20,000 in earned revenue that never gets invoiced.

A simple weekly review of open change orders keeps that from happening. LNH CPA helps contractors build the billing discipline and reporting rhythm to catch these gaps before they close. Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

Hot take: repeating last year’s pricing is not a pricing strategy. It is a guess with better formatting.If labor, materi...
07/01/2026

Hot take: repeating last year’s pricing is not a pricing strategy. It is a guess with better formatting.

If labor, materials, overhead, or job conditions changed, an old estimate can make a new job look profitable before the work even starts. The issue is not just whether the bid wins. The issue is whether the job can still protect cash, cover overhead, and leave real profit after the work is done.

LNH CPA helps contractors review job history, compare estimates to actuals, and build a clearer pricing rhythm so every bid is backed by better numbers. BuildClarity can support this with dashboard visibility, but the advisory work starts with clean job data and a repeatable review process.

Book a consultation at lnhcpa.com.

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