QuickBooks Job Costing for Construction (with Planyard)

Planyard integrates with QuickBooks to deliver real-time job costing for construction — eliminate spreadsheets with 3-way matching, multi-approver workflows, and classes mapping.

  • No duplicate data entry
  • CIS ready (UK)
  • Used by contractors all around the UK

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Why QuickBooks Alone Isn’t Enough for Construction Job Costing

Tracking job costs in QuickBooks often means manually entering purchase orders and invoices into spreadsheets—leading to wasted time, duplicate work, and costly mistakes.

“Before Planyard, I had to recreate every purchase order in multiple systems. Now, I do it once, and everything stays updated automatically.”
— Grant Collins, Quantity Surveyor, Skyler Contracting

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QuickBooks provides financial reports, but it doesn’t give you a real-time view of job costs and commitments. By the time numbers are reviewed, it’s often too late to react to budget overruns.

“With accounting software alone, I used to spend days exporting data to figure out actual job costs. Now, I see everything in real time.”
— Jason Escobar, The Keane Group

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QuickBooks’ job costing module lacks subcontractor payment tracking and automated cost approvals, making it difficult to prevent overbilling or misallocated expenses.

“Subcontractors submit invoices through Planyard, and I approve them in a few clicks. No more guessing where costs belong.”
— Claire Hill, Brown & Bancroft

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Planyard + QuickBooks = Real-Time Job Costing

Sync only approved, correctly coded project costs to QuickBooks. Planyard is your job-costing workspace; QuickBooks stays your accounting source of truth - both always in sync, without duplicate data entry.

How Planyard Works with QuickBooks (Data Flow at a Glance)

Planyard is the job-costing workspace where your project teams live; QuickBooks remains the source of truth for finance. Approved, correctly coded costs flow one way into QuickBooks—clean, consistent, and without duplicate data entry.

Connect in minutes

Link QuickBooks from Integrations and import your Chart of Accounts, Vendors, and Classes

Project teams work in Planyard

Budgets, POs, deliveries/valuations, and invoices are managed in Planyard

Only approved costs sync

Once an invoice clears your rules, Planyard automatically creates a properly coded bill in QuickBooks

Attachments & audit trail

Invoice PDFs, PO/valuation references, and line reports travel with the bill for full context

Smart Capture & Pre-Coding of Invoices

Turn emailed PDFs and mobile photos into structured, pre-coded bills. Planyard reduces AP time by extracting data, suggesting codes, and catching issues before approval.

Email-in & mobile scan

Each project has a dedicated inbox; staff can also snap receipts/invoices in the mobile app

Automatic data extraction

Key fields—supplier, invoice number, dates, net/tax/total—are read and organized

G/L Accounts & Classes

Based on supplier, project, and budget line, Planyard pre-fills the GL account and QuickBooks Class

Duplicate & anomaly checks

The system flags repeated invoice numbers, missing POs, or odd amounts so before anything reaches QuickBooks

Upload your project budget and follow the financial progress in real-time

No credit card required. No sales or IT support needed.

3-Way Matching (PO, delivery, invoice)

Enforce rock-solid controls before anything touches QuickBooks. Planyard links each supplier invoice to the correct PO and goods received record, flags variances, and stops over-billing at the source.

  • Prevent quantity/price overcharges
  • Catch duplicate or missing invoices
  • Block mismatched tax/retention lines
  • Attach the full evidence trail to the QuickBooks bill

Auto-link POs & receipts

When an invoice references a PO, Planyard automatically pairs it with the right order and delivery record

Variance checks & tolerances

Set rules for price and quantity tolerances. If an invoice exceeds thresholds, it must be reviewed before sent to QBO

Partial deliveries

Handle partial GRNs and retention cleanly. Planyard matches each line to what was actually delivered

Evidence pushed to QBO

Once approved, the original PDF, PO, and line-item report are sent to QuickBooks - keeping audit trails complete

CIS in QuickBooks with Planyard—approved bill to correct vendor, HMRC-ready exports.

CIS (UK) – Avoid HMRC headaches

If your team is juggling spreadsheets, duplicate vendors, and last-minute CIS fixes, month-end drags and risk climbs. Planyard keeps data clean so QuickBooks Online applies CIS automatically—no rekeying, no guesswork, fewer compliance surprises.

  • Eliminate vendor mismatches that break CIS status
  • Cut rework from miscoded bills and missing attachments
  • Speed up subcontractor payments with clean, approved data
  • Keep HMRC reporting tidy and streamlined

Automatic vendor CIS rates

Planyard pulls suppliers from QuickBooks, so that all of the CIS information is always up to date

Correct vendors on the bills

After approval, Planyard posts the bill against the correct QuickBooks vendor with the proper coding and documents

QuickBooks does the CIS maths

CIS logic - rates, deductions, verification - lives in QuickBooks. Planyard delivers correctly linked bills so QuickBooks can apply CIS rules automatically

HMRC and reverse charge VAT

QuickBooks applies CIS and domestic reverse charge VAT automatically when bills sync from Planyard

Upload your project budget and follow the financial progress in real-time

No credit card required. No sales or IT support needed.

Approve an invoice for a purchase order on Planyard

Multi-Step Approvals (Site -> QS -> Finance)

Standardize how costs get approved. Project-configured or on-demand workflows (serial or parallel), and roles so every invoice follows the same policy – fully auditable.

  • Conditional routing by project stakeholders
  • Require 2–3+ approvers automatically
  • Approve via email or web app
  • Time-boxed SLAs and reminders reduce bottlenecks

Role & project-based routing

Define who approves what (e.g., Site Manager up to £5k, QS to £25k, Finance beyond). Planyard routes and enforces it

Advanced approval rules

Run linear approvals (Site -> QS -> Finance) to speed throughput on predictable, low-risk spend

Quick async approvals

Approvers review the PO, delivery, and invoice when they have time, leave a comment, and approve/reject in a tap - no back-and-forth

Full audit log & policy locks

Every action is time-stamped with user info. Strict policies ensure nothing is sent to QuickBooks without approval

Connecting Budgets with QuickBooks’ Chart of Accounts

Map Budget Lines to QuickBooks Classes & Chart of Accounts

Map once, post perfectly forever. Planyard mirrors your Chart of Accounts and Classes from QuickBooks, then applies the right codes to every approved cost—so finance never has to reclass.

  • Import COA, vendors, and classes from QuickBooks
  • Map project cost codes to GL accounts and classes
  • Enforce line-level coding before approval
  • Keep QuickBooks clean, consistent, and report-ready

One-time import & ongoing sync

Connect QuickBooks to pull COA, vendors, and classes. Planyard stays in sync so codings remain accurate

Budget-to-GL mapping

Tie each budget/cost code to a GL account. Approvers can’t submit without valid coding

Class tagging by project & line

Apply QuickBooks classes automatically at project or line level, ensuring job reports in QuickBooks are complete

Cleaner books with attachments

Approved bills hit QuickBooks with vendor, account, Class, and attachments - reducing month-end cleanups

Construction Software Integrating with QuickBooks

Planyard is construction software integrating with QuickBooks that fills the job-costing gaps: you manage budgets, purchase orders, deliveries/valuations, and approvals in Planyard, then only approved, correctly coded bills flow into QuickBooks with the right vendor, account, Class, and attachments.

The result is accurate project reporting for site teams and clean financials for accounting—without duplicate data entry or spreadsheet workarounds.

Stop Re-Typing Invoices — Capture, Match, Approve, Sync

01

Email invoices to the project inbox or scan via mobile. Key fields (supplier, dates, totals) are extracted automatically.

02

Auto-link to PO If a PO number is present, Planyard pairs the invoice with the correct order and delivery/valuation.

03

Approvers see PO, delivery, and invoice side-by-side, add comments, and sign off on the platform.

04

Approved bills post to QuickBooks with the correct vendor, Chart of Accounts, Class (project), tax, currency.

Prevent Budget Overruns with Live Variance Tracking

See budgets, commitments, and actuals update in real time as orders and invoices are approved. Planyard highlights variances at line, project, and portfolio level, and warns when thresholds are crossed.

Planyard construction accounting software budget dashboard

QuickBooks Job Costing vs. QuickBooks + Planyard

Feature QuickBooks Alone QuickBooks + Planyard
3-way match (PO/GRN/Invoice) ✖ ✔
Multi-step approvals Limited/External ✔ Company level, project level, or on-demand
Classes and accounts mapped Manual ✔ Auto-mapped
CIS handling (UK) Manual setup ✔ Data captured/vendor-linked → QB applies CIS
Real-time job variance Basic ✔ Live, project-level
Duplicate data entry Common ✔ Eliminated

Keep job costing smart. Keep pricing simple.

Planyard keeps job costing in one place, ensuring project teams manage budgets while accountants get clean, pre-approved invoices in QuickBooks.

Estimating

£40
/ month / project manager
 

Cost Estimating

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Essential

£82
/ month / project manager
£33
for supporting staff
Perfect for support roles or stakeholders—gain access to essential project features and view key financial data without full platform permissions, enabling users to stay informed and contribute without hands-on tasks.

Usually selected for: site engineers, clients, estimators or auditors.

Estimating and Budget Control

  • Everything in Estimating
  • Track budgets and actual spend
  • Manage purchase invoices automatically
  • Reuse active project cost data for estimating
  • Sync invoices to Xero and QuickBooks
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Professional

£123
/ month / project manager
£33
for supporting staff
Perfect for support roles or stakeholders—gain access to essential project features and view key financial data without full platform permissions, enabling users to stay informed and contribute without hands-on tasks.

Usually selected for: site engineers, clients, estimators or auditors.

Estimating, Cost Control and Purchase Orders Management

  • Everything in Essential
  • Issue and manage purchase orders
  • Track committed cost on the budget
  • Forecast project profitability in real-time
  • Create cashflow forecasts
  • Manage client contracts and progress reports
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Ultimate

£164
/ month / project manager
£33
for supporting staff
Perfect for support roles or stakeholders—gain access to essential project features and view key financial data without full platform permissions, enabling users to stay informed and contribute without hands-on tasks.

Usually selected for: site engineers, clients, estimators or auditors.

Full Functionality

  • Everything in Professional
  • Automate subcontractor and vendor quoting
  • Track subcontracts and progress
  • Manage subcontractor variations
  • Collect subcontractor valuations
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Read success stories from our customers

See how Planyard helps businesses like yours succeed - read their stories in our blog.

"Planyard's integration with Xero has streamlined our project financials, providing clear insights and saving us valuable time. It's easy to use and keeps all commitments organized for seamless financial tracking."

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Sharon Brown, Financial Controller, Dublin, Ireland

"Planyard saves us 3-4 days per project by simplifying financial tracking and cutting out double data entry. It’s user-friendly and lets us focus on our main tasks."

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Jason Escobar, Project Manager, Oxenfrod, Australia

"Planyard is basically a live CVR and saves time by making Excel unnecessary. Once a project’s set up, I can rely on Planyard to stay organized without spreadsheets."

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Claire Hill, Quantity Surveyor, Bolton, UK

"If there’s some problem with the budget, it just tells you what you need to fix and you’ll be fine. It really just kind of thinks a step ahead for you."

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Jordan Cohen, Project Director & Partner, Florida, US