http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/02/02/top-10-thursday-news-from-around-the-web-2212/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/02/02/top-10-thursday-news-from-around-the-web-2212/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:13:48 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2986 10 articles from the web on General Business, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Payroll & Taxes, Construction, Marketing and Social Media

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/06/03/join-our-quickbooks-for-contractors-group/feed/ 2 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/21/construction-accounting-tracking-construction-costs-primer/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/21/construction-accounting-tracking-construction-costs-primer/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 10:00:32 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=582 Tracking costs throughout a construction project is possibly the most important aspect of completing a project. This may seem like a simple function, but in a construction project, different entities need different financial information, and being able to track finances in real time saves a lot of work (and costs) later on.

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