Built for contractors growing as fast as the county is. WIP schedules, job costing and cash flow forecasting for residential builders, site work crews and commercial contractors along the GA 400 corridor.
Free 30-Minute ConsultationForsyth has been among the fastest-growing counties in Georgia for years, and the construction economy reflects it: residential subdivision builders, custom home builders, grading and site work contractors, utility and infrastructure crews, and the commercial and medical development following rooftops along the GA 400 corridor around Cumming.
Fast growth produces a specific and dangerous financial pattern. Revenue doubles in two years while the accounting system stays exactly where it was, and the company becomes profitable on paper and short of cash at the same time. Every new job consumes cash for mobilization, materials and payroll weeks before the first progress billing is collected, so growth itself is what drains the account. Contractors in this county call us more often for that reason than for any tax question.
The work is forecasting and structure: a rolling cash flow model built from the WIP and the backlog rather than from last quarter's profit and loss, a WIP schedule that actually ties to the general ledger, and job-level margin reporting that shows which builders, subdivisions and job types are worth taking. For companies growing past the point where the owner can hold it all in their head, that is the fractional CFO for construction companies conversation.
One thing worth being explicit about: the work is delivered by a licensed CPA firm. Plenty of bookkeeping services will code your Forsyth County job costs. Far fewer can issue the CPA-prepared financial statements a surety underwriter or a bank will actually accept, sign a tax return that takes an aggressive but defensible position on equipment depreciation, or represent you if the IRS or the Georgia Department of Revenue asks a question. Xtrategist does construction accounting as a construction CPA firm, and for a contractor those two things are not interchangeable.
Project-level reporting that shows which Cumming and north Forsyth jobs actually make money, with WIP schedule built to the standard surety underwriters expect.
CPA-prepared financial statements structured the way underwriters read them, so you can grow bonding capacity and bid larger public and commercial work.
Section 179 and bonus depreciation timing, One Big Beautiful Bill planning, R&D credits for building methods, and the Georgia deadlines that carry real penalties.
Forsyth County contractors regularly cross into Tennessee, Alabama, the Carolinas and Florida. We handle nexus, registration, payroll withholding and filings. See our guide to multi-state tax compliance.
Rolling 13-week forecasts built from your WIP, plus the retainage accounting that decides how much of your money is sitting on someone else's balance sheet.
Contabilidad, impuestos y nómina en español para constructoras hispanas del condado de Forsyth y el corredor de GA 400. CPA bilingüe para construcción.
Our office at 1775 The Exchange SE, Suite 520 sits at Cumberland, a direct route from Cumming down GA 400 and around I-285. In practice many of our Forsyth clients work with us largely remotely, because a builder running four subdivisions does not have a spare morning to drive inside the perimeter. We meet on site when the conversation needs it and handle the rest by video and secure portal.
Xtrategist is a member of the Associated General Contractors of America, and construction has been the firm's primary specialty for a decade. For a growing builder, the practical value is that nothing about percentage of completion, retainage, draw schedules or bonding needs to be explained to us first.
We also serve contractors in Gwinnett County, Fulton County, DeKalb County, Cobb County, Cherokee County, Hall County and Alpharetta.
Free 30-minute consultation. No obligation. English or Spanish. We will tell you honestly whether specialized help pays for itself at your size.
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