Margins are controlled mid-project, not at handover
The signed estimate becomes the project budget. From there Tabiquo holds the pieces together: commitments with subcontractors and suppliers, progress certifications to bill the work done, invoices linked to the job. If a chapter is drifting over budget, you see it while you can still do something about it.
Why margins always surface too late
In many companies cost control is an end-of-job ritual: line up the invoices, add up the hours, and find out how it went when nothing can be corrected anymore. In between, the numbers live scattered — the estimate in a file, the orders in email threads, the invoices at the accountant's.
Cost control isn't a report: it's knowing, every week, how much you've committed and how much you've certified against each project's budget. Tabiquo ties every commitment, every certification and every invoice to its project and its chapter, so a deviation shows up when it's born — not once it's already a loss.
What you can do with Tabiquo
From the signed estimate to the last invoice, every number stays attached to its project.
The budget comes from the estimate
The accepted estimate becomes the project baseline, chapter by chapter. Costs are always compared against it, not against a number someone remembers.
Progress certifications
Certify progress line by line, with retentions and billable amounts calculated. The certification exports as a clean document, ready for the client.
Commitments before invoices
Subcontracts, orders and service contracts are recorded when you sign them, not when the invoice arrives. Committed cost shows up months before the paperwork.
Invoices linked to the work
Every invoice, issued or received, attaches to its project and chapter. No more summary sheets rebuilt by hand.
Payments reconciled
Money movements are allocated to the right invoices, so you know what's actually been paid versus merely invoiced.
Overruns in plain sight
Budget, committed and certified side by side per chapter. Where a number drifts, it changes colour — no spreadsheet required.
Who controls costs with Tabiquo
Company owners
People who want to know which project is earning and which is eating the margin, without waiting for the accountant.
Technical directors
People who prepare certifications and don't want to reconstruct progress from reports and memory every month-end.
Back office
People who record invoices and payments and need them to land on the right project first time.
Studios running several projects
Teams managing works on the client's behalf who must account for progress with documents, not impressions.
Why stop controlling costs in Excel
Excel doesn't know you signed a subcontract, doesn't link invoices to chapters, and doesn't warn you when you drift.
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The budget is the one the client signed, not a file everyone versions on their own.
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Committed costs show up when the contract is signed, not when the invoice lands.
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Certifications are built from data already recorded, not by reconstructing the month from memory.
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Every invoice has a project and a chapter: the summary already exists, nobody fills it in.
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A deviation shows up while it's still a correction, not once it's a loss.
Frequently asked questions
Do I still need separate accounting software?
Tabiquo doesn't replace fiscal accounting: it runs project cost control — budget, commitments, certifications, invoices and payments tied to your projects. Your accountant keeps working as usual, but you get the project numbers earlier, per job.
How do certifications work?
You certify progress line by line against the accepted estimate. Tabiquo calculates amounts, retentions and the remaining balance, and produces the document for the client. Every certification stays archived with its quantities.
What about costs that don't go through an order?
Invoices can be recorded without a prior commitment and still link to a project and chapter. Commitments exist to show the cost earlier; they're not a mandatory step.
Can I see the numbers for all projects together?
Yes. Each project has its own dashboard, and the overview compares budget, committed and certified across every open project, updated as data comes in.
Find out where the margin is going, now
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