Job Costing

Job costing is the practice of tracking costs to specific projects and job activities according to a job cost structure in construction accounting. While a contractor's financial transactions are recorded in the general ledger, job costing is recorded in a separate component of the construction accounting system, allowing the general ledger and job costing sides to be reconciled.

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