Construction books,
kept current every day.
Job costing, commitments, retention and progress billing. Run inside your systems, on your hours, by a team that has worked on US construction books since 2015.
See what we run ↓
Your hours
Eastern time, same-day answers
Since 2015
on US construction books
Inside your systems
named users, nothing downloaded
Your controller decides
we post, schedule and reconcile
The cost is committed
long before it reaches the ledger
- The purchase order was raised. The subcontract was signed. The invoice arrives weeks later, and the job cost report catches up after that.
- Nobody is short of skill. The entries just sit until somebody has an hour, and by then there are three other jobs waiting.
- We make the entries daily, so the report your controller opens on Friday is worth reading.
- Construction and real estate
The work
we take on
Scope is written down before we start, so nothing falls between us.
01
Job cost and commitments
Committed cost you can read on a Friday.
- Cost coded to job, phase and cost code
- Purchase orders and subcontracts entered when they are raised
- Committed cost by job kept current
- Approved change orders logged against the contract
- Cost to complete updated to your schedule
- Job cost reports prepared for your review
02
Billing and retention
Billings out on time. Retention nobody forgets.
- AIA G702 and G703 drafts prepared for your signature
- Progress billing schedules kept to the owner’s calendar
- Retention tracked both ways, receivable and payable
- Lien waiver tracking against the payment run
- Pay when paid follow-up with subcontractors
03
Close and the monthly cycle
A close that starts clean.
- Daily processing, AP cycle and AR follow-up
- Bank and credit card reconciliations
- WIP schedule prepared for your review
- Month and quarter end close
- Multi-entity and intercompany
- Financial statements and 1099 prep support
What we do not do
No tax. No advisory.
Jonas Premier, QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and Bill.com, plus the job cost spreadsheets you actually run on. We work as named users inside your systems. Nothing is downloaded.
We track lien waivers. We do not prepare them or advise on them.
Your controller makes the judgment calls on job cost, billing and revenue. We post, schedule, reconcile and carry forward.
Why Purple Planet exists
Founder Basavaraj Bagalkot spent six years running the India office of a US construction company in Sunnyvale, California. He ran the whole back office: accounting, payroll, vendors, admin and investor relations.
Not a vendor. Their office, in their org chart.
Some of the people we worked alongside there still work with us today.
He is not an accountant. He builds the team and keeps it together. The people on your clients’ books bring around a decade each of US accounting, and they are still there in month nine.
- Pricing
What it costs
A flat monthly fee, set by the level of work and the volume, and agreed in writing before we start. The same people on your firm’s work every month, across as many clients as you allocate them.
No setup fee. Nothing charged outside the agreed scope.
Junior
From
$1,500
a month
Best for books that are current, steady volume.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
-
Month end close and
financial statements - Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Mid
From
$2,000
a month
Best for taking month end close off your desk.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
- Month end close and financial statements
- Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Senior
From
$2,500
a month
Best for books that are current,
steady volume.
- Daily processing and coding
- Bank and card reconciliations
- AP and AR cycles
- Month end close and financial statements
- Job costing, WIP and multi-entity
Every entry is reviewed by a senior before it reaches you.
Our published direct rates are $1,500, $2,000 and $2,500. You pay less than a client coming to us directly would.
Pick what hurts most: AP or reconciliations. One full cycle, then you decide.
For books that are current or close to it. Backlog cleanup is priced separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work in Jonas Premier?
Yes, along with QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite and Bill.com.
Do you prepare the WIP schedule?
We prepare it for your review from the job cost data. The percentage complete and any revenue judgment stay with your controller.
Do you do certified payroll?
No. No payroll of any kind, and no sales tax filings. We support 1099 prep.
Can you handle multiple entities?
Yes. Multi-entity and intercompany work is on the Senior level.
How quickly can you start?
Two to four weeks from access.
What if our job cost data is behind?
We start with a trial on one function, see the real condition of the books, then price the cleanup separately.
How do US clients pay?
Invoiced monthly. Paid by wire.
- Contact
Twenty
minutes.
No pitch.
Tell us which part of the monthly cycle is costing your firm the most senior time. We’ll tell you what we’d take over and what it costs. If we are not the right fit we will say so on the call.
- We reply within one working day
- A 20-minute call
- A written scope