Material Log

Use the Material Log to:

* Enter material invoices.
* Divide material costs among several jobs, or several construction categories, even if you get materials for more than one project in one material order.

Use the Material Log if many of your material payments cover more than one project, or more than one construction category. Unless you subcontract all work and have your subs buy their own materials, you will probably want to use the Material Log.

If you use the Material Log, you will continue to enter your actual material payouts in the Checkbook Ledger. The Checkbook Ledger transactions will cover the actual paychecks, while the raw data from the time cards will go into the Material Log.

The MacNail construction accounting software will do all job costing from the more detailed information in the Material Log. Any material transactions in the Checkbook Ledger will be ignored when posting to the Job Cost or Profit & Loss worksheets.