Accounting for Managers
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Accounting for Managers
Accounting for Managers
206 Webster11.qxd 8/29/2003 10:23 AM Page 206 sites and his office. He set up separate accounts to handle his growing payroll and construction operations. He reviewed the financial statements from his accountant to make sure the ratios and percentages stayed within limits. Bubba was beginning to feel the pinch, as he had supplies to buy and crews to pay. The cash just didn’t seem to be com- ing in as fast as before. He bid on more jobs, being sure to be low bidder so he would get job. Now he had to start juggling the progress payments, to pay the FICA taxes. Work on one of the first jobs had stalled. It seems the crew assigned to work on it had been goofing off. Next month, a couple of clients with- held payment for nonperformance. He went to the banks to try and get a loan. His accountant could not produce financial statements because his wife had fallen drastically behind on the books. Bubba is on the brink of entering the self-employed death spiral. Even in these small details, you can tick off a number of things he did wrong. He did not cost his bids to make a profit. He did not supervise his workers. He was careless in his budget- ing and had no idea what his cash flow position was. Butch, on the other hand, seems to be doing most things right. He’s costing his bids carefully so he’s not bidding to lose money on a job. He is using his accountant in a value-added role rather then treating the position as an expense only. He looks to be watching his cash flow and capital budgeting posi- tion. He’s spending some time in the field supervising his work crews. In short, he understands accounting. If the books that Butch read didn’t include the one you’re reading now, he must have read one very much like it. It seems so simple—but there are 10 Bubbas for every Butch. That’s also why Bubba is working for Butch now and a lot happier. All that intolerable paperwork and daily decisions associated with running a business are behind him. Download 3.03 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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