Your experience, financial capabilities and quality of financial statements can dramatically impact your bonding for the next year! Some people get confused about tax returns, CPA Compilations, CPA Reviews, and CPA Audits. As you plan for your Financial Year-End statements, both the quality and format of CPA statements can […]
Bonding companies are requiring that year-end financial statements are properly prepared within three or four months of your fiscal year end. Some are also requiring that you provide them with some […]
Maximize your profit by regularly checking your ever-changing break-even point. Indeed, as the construction market changes, you’ll want to manage your break-even point, or it could come back to haunt you – Big Time! Your break- even point is figured by dividing your Total Fixed Expenses by your Gross Profit Percentage. […]
According to a recent report from the Fed, banks have been easing their lending standards and are experiencing stronger demand in most loan categories in the past three months. About half the respondents reported stronger demand for commercial real estate lending. This is good […]
You may desperately need work, but be careful to avoid bad work. You don’t need to be kicked when you are down. When margins are thin for all the contractors, it […]
The ingenious folks at Enron used hundreds of dummy corporations which no one seemed to own, to avoid taxes and hide boatloads of debt. The Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB) […]
In today’s bonding market, many surety companies are tightening up their underwriting considerably, and are extending less surety credit than ever before. They are less willing to stretch, even when it makes sense. Florida Surety Bonds has strong relationships with the best surety companies and represents over 600 contractors […]
You’ve gotta have heart! Your prospective bond agent can have experience, fancy cars, technical skills, equipment, pricing, computers, fancy software, and more. The bonding agency can represent over 30 surety companies, over 600 contractors, and have a couple of offices […]