ConstructWIP connects to QuickBooks Online and generates GAAP-compliant Work-In-Progress schedules automatically. Stop rebuilding the same Excel template every month.
"For proper WIP scheduling, you need three things QuickBooks doesn't track: contract value, cost-to-complete from the PM, and retainage separation. Managing this in Excel gets painful above 10 active jobs."
— QuickBooks Community, construction accounting thread
No credit card. Connects to your existing QBO account.
8–12 hrs
saved per construction client per month
$0
WIP tools built into QuickBooks Online
500K+
US construction firms using QuickBooks
10 min
to generate your first WIP schedule
The Problem
QBO is great at accounting. It can't do WIP.
A WIP schedule needs three data points QuickBooks simply doesn't track. Every construction accountant fills the gap the same way: a bespoke Excel file, rebuilt every month.
What a GAAP-compliant WIP schedule requires
What QBO gives you
Costs incurred to date per job
Billed amounts to date
General ledger entries
Contract value — not tracked
Cost-to-complete estimate — not tracked
Retainage separation — not tracked
Over/under billing calc — not tracked
What ConstructWIP adds
Pulls costs + billing from QBO live
PM enters cost-to-complete via simple form
Contract value stored per project
Retainage tracked and separated
Over/under billing calculated automatically
GAAP-compliant PDF + Excel output
Archives every month automatically
Even Intuit's new Enterprise Suite (launched Feb 2026) shipped without a WIP report.
Their own construction consulting partner called it "the single most important report in construction accounting — and currently absent."
How it works
Connect once. Generate every month in 10 minutes.
ConstructWIP sits on top of your existing QBO account. No migration, no retraining your team, no touching the general ledger.
1
Connect QuickBooks Online
One-click OAuth. ConstructWIP reads your jobs, costs, and billing via the official QBO API. Read-only — we never write to your books.
2
Enter contract values once
Add the contract value and retainage % for each active job. Takes 5 minutes the first time. ConstructWIP remembers them every month after.
3
PM submits cost-to-complete
Email your project managers a simple link. They enter one number per job. No QBO access required — just a web form.
4
Download your WIP schedule
GAAP-compliant WIP schedule generated as PDF and Excel. Auto-archived with the date. Ready for your client package in minutes.
The ROI
It pays for itself on the first client.
At $150/hour accounting rates, saving 10 hours per client per month is $1,500 in recaptured time — per client. ConstructWIP costs $249/month for up to 30 clients.
Without ConstructWIP
10 hrs
manual Excel work per client per month at month-end close