Clients Problem
Backlog of unreconciled bank accounts.
Credit card accounts not reconciling.
PayPal / merchant accounts not reconciled.
Incorrect transaction categorization
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Mixed personal and business transactions.
Lack of a proper chart of accounts.
QuickBooks not set up correctly.
Difficulty tracking expenses & deductions.
E-commerce revenue not matching payouts.
Merchant Account Messed up.
Books not ready for CPA / tax advisor

How Bookkeeping Works for Contractors: A Practical Guide

A worn contractor's work truck tailgate used as a makeshift desk in the foreground. An open laptop showing a QuickBooks job profitability dashboard with green and red project margin bars, a crumpled lumber receipt partially smoothed out next to it, a yellow hard hat resting to the side, and a styrofoam coffee cup with a lid. In the background, two partially constructed multi-story buildings with exposed steel framing and scaffolding, construction cranes visible against an overcast sky. Natural dusty job site atmosphere. Shot from slightly above at a 45-degree angle. No people. Photorealistic, editorial commercial photography style, high resolution, shallow depth of field with background softly blurred.

Picture this: a contractor wraps up a six-week kitchen remodel, the client is happy, the final invoice is paid, and there is $14,000 sitting in the business account. Feels like a profitable job. Then the accountant pulls the actual numbers – labor hours logged, materials purchased across four separate supply runs, the subcontractor brought in […]

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