For contractors
Accounting software for contractors that shows each project’s cost and profit
The contractor’s eternal question: is this project making or losing money? The answer gets lost when purchases, wages and expenses are booked to general accounts. Barah Plus makes the project a dimension on every document, so a project’s materials, labour, expenses and progress invoices come together in one report comparing actuals to budget before it is too late.
What a contracting office needs
Projects as an accounting dimension
Each project has a card with a timeline, budget and owner, and every document carries its project, so the project profitability report is built from the entries themselves, not a side spreadsheet.
Budget versus actual
A budget per project or cost centre, and a monthly report showing the variance line by line before it becomes a loss at project end.
Purchasing and suppliers
A materials purchase order approved by the project manager, receipt at site or warehouse, a supplier bill with partial payment, and a statement per supplier.
Labour and payroll
Employees with cost centres, payroll runs with WPS files, geofenced site attendance, and labour cost appearing on its project.
Progress billing as e-invoices
Each progress claim is a ZATCA-compliant tax invoice against the project, with a credit note for any adjustment, receipts matched to invoices, and a statement for the client.
Site expenses and petty cash
Expenses with attachments from the phone straight onto the project, employee expense claims with approval and payment, and documented cash payment vouchers.
How to organise contracting accounts in Barah Plus
Create a project for every contract and a cost centre for every administrative department (equipment, management, branches). When recording any supplier bill, expense or salary, choose the project, and it appears in the project report immediately against its budget.
Progress claims are issued as tax invoices against the project for the amounts approved by the consultant, posting to revenue, receivables and output VAT. Client receipts are matched to the claims, so the finance manager knows what remains on each project.
At period end, the income statement gives the company’s profit, the project report the profit on each contract, and the cost-centre report the management and equipment costs charged to projects.
Frequently asked questions
Does the system show the profitability of each project separately?
- Yes. The project is a dimension on every document and entry, and the project report gathers its revenue and costs and compares them to its budget.
Can labour payroll be allocated to projects?
- Yes. An employee is linked to a cost centre or project, and their salary cost posts to it automatically from the payroll run.
Does the system support progress claims and retention?
- Progress claims are issued as tax invoices against the project. Retention is currently handled through a dedicated account in the chart of accounts with a manual entry on withholding and release; there is no separate retention screen.
Does attendance work from project sites?
- Yes. A geofence is set per site or branch, and workers check in from the app only inside it.
Is it suitable for small contracting offices?
- Yes. Start with accounting, projects and e-invoicing, and add HR and inventory as the business grows.