WIP is normally an asset account named for the job, you are building up the value of something.

as a general concept ….

Post the job purchases to the WIP account (whether you use a bill, or just pay for them is immaterial)

Customer payments should post to a deferred income account, typically […]

Resolution for 'Construction account issue: 'Trying to clean up books from previous bookkeeper. Direct Construction account is much larger than it should be. I think it’s due to the way she’s been closing out jobs.' available: Yes.

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