Los Angeles Build Expo 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall A - Los Angeles, CA
Sam Hallburn
Director of Operations | Devine Consulting
Presenter bio
Samantha Hallburn is the driving force behind Simplified Accounting Management and PBS Accounting and Tax Solutions. With nearly a decade of entrepreneurial experience in the financial sector and a comprehensive background spanning over 20 years in finance, marketing, HR, and sales, Sam brings a wealth of expertise to the table. As the founder of Simplified Accounting Management, a QuickBooks and financial consulting firm catering to businesses of all sizes, Sam has earned a stellar reputation for her strategic insights and dedication to client success. Additionally, her role as the founder and CEO of PBS Accounting and Tax Solutions further underscores her commitment to empowering business owners on their journey toward growth and prosperity.
Sam's impressive accolades, including her alumni status with Intuit's Accountant Council, advisory board membership with Insightful Accountant, member of the Woodard Trainer/Writer Coalition, and her prior involvement as a board member of Bozeman Professional Women, attest to her unwavering dedication and leadership in the industry. Recognized as one of Insightful Accountant's 2023 Up-and-Coming ProAdvisors, Top 100 ProAdvisors of 2024, and nominated for the 2023 Ignition Top 50 Women in Accounting awards, Sam's passion for excellence and innovation is evident in every aspect of her work!
QBO for Contractors: It’s Not the Software’s Fault — An Advanced Look at the Project Module
"QuickBooks doesn’t work." "It never gives me the right numbers." We hear some version of this constantly, and it’s almost never true. QuickBooks Online can do everything a contractor needs: job costing, payroll allocation, budget-to-actuals tracking, all of it. The software isn’t the problem. The problem is what got put into it, by someone who didn’t know what "correctly" looked like.
This session is the natural next step after "QuickBooks for Contractors: Your Financials Are Talking. Are You Listening?" Where that session showed what the numbers reveal once they’re right, this one shows why so many contractors’ numbers never get there in the first place. Walking through the actual Projects module in QBO, screenshot by screenshot, attendees will see exactly where things go right and where they quietly go wrong.
Target audience: Owners and decision makers at contracting, subcontracting, and trade firms who use QuickBooks Online
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