Your bookkeeper codes a truck payment the same way whether you run a plumbing company or a dental practice. That’s the problem.

A trades business with install work and service work has two revenue streams that have different profit margins. A law firm holds client money in trust that should move through the operating account for very limited reasons. Inventory turns decide whether a retail shop makes money or moves boxes. Run all three through the same chart of accounts and you get financials that are both technically correct and useless to the business owner.

We build your books around how your industry makes money. In fact, our first step is to make sure that your financials are serving you. Revenue split the way you’d split it in your head. Job costing that reflects what a crew costs you once you add up wages, taxes, insurance, and truck time. Reporting that answers the question that’s constantly floating around in your mind, “Am I making money?”.

We’re built this way because our founder knows first hand what it’s like to run a manufacturing company, an engineering-consulting company, a law firm, and a janitorial company. Feel free to ask him the hard questions. You’ll get straight answers.

Below are the industries we work in. Each page covers the numbers that matter for that business, the mistakes we see most, and how we handle the books.

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Bookkeeping by Industry