Skilled Trades
You know how to run wire, fix pipes, and keep systems working. The books shouldn't be what breaks.
You Didn't Train for This Part
Years of apprenticeship. Licensing exams. Building a reputation one job at a time. You put in the work to become good at what you do. Nobody mentioned you’d also need to become an accountant.
Now you’re running service calls during the day and staring at QuickBooks at night. Receipts pile up in the console of your truck. Tax season shows up and you’re scrambling to figure out what you actually made last year. The work itself isn’t the problem. The paperwork is.
We take the books off your plate so you can focus on the trade that pays the bills.
Who This Covers
Who This Covers
Electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, welders, pipefitters, and other licensed tradespeople in the Houston area running their own operations.
The Reality
The Reality
Your business runs out of a truck. You’re quoting jobs, buying materials, managing calls, and trying to track it all on your phone between service appointments. Something always falls through the cracks.
What We Handle
Trade businesses need more than basic bookkeeping. You need to know which types of jobs make money and which ones barely cover your time. You need payroll that handles overtime correctly when your techs work late on emergency calls. You need someone tracking the vehicle expenses and tool purchases that add up fast.
We set up your books to match how your business actually works. Every expense tied to the right job or category. Reports that tell you something useful. Tax prep that captures all the deductions you’re entitled to instead of leaving money on the table.
Job Costing and Tracking
Job Costing and Tracking
Every service call and project tracked with its actual costs. Materials, labor hours, subcontractor invoices. You see which job types are profitable and which ones you should price differently or stop taking altogether.
Payroll and Tax Support
Payroll and Tax Support
If you have techs or apprentices, we help with payroll setup and processing. Overtime calculated correctly. Tax withholdings handled. Annual returns prepared with vehicle mileage, equipment depreciation, and trade-specific deductions included.
Where It Falls Apart
Most trade business owners price jobs based on what feels right or what they’ve always charged. They don’t have data showing what the last ten similar jobs actually cost after materials, drive time, and labor. So they keep taking work that looks profitable but isn’t, and they can’t figure out why the bank account stays flat despite being busy all the time.
Then April shows up. Receipts stuffed in a drawer. Mileage never tracked. Equipment purchases expensed wrong or not at all. The accountant does their best with incomplete records and files a return that leaves hundreds or thousands of dollars in deductions unclaimed.
Pricing Without Data
Pricing Without Data
You quoted that panel upgrade at $800 because it felt like a fair price. But you never tracked that the last five panel upgrades averaged $650 in actual costs. You’re working for $150 and thinking you’re making good money.
Missed Deductions
Missed Deductions
Trade businesses have legitimate write-offs that often get missed. Vehicle expenses on a truck that runs 25,000 miles a year. Tools that wear out and get replaced. Equipment purchases that should be depreciated. Without proper tracking, you pay more taxes than you owe.
What Changes
You start pricing with real numbers behind you. Historical job data shows what work actually costs, not what you hope it costs. You stop underbidding and wondering where the profit went. You might realize residential service calls are your bread and butter while commercial bids barely break even. Or the opposite. Either way, you know.
Tax time becomes straightforward. Records are clean and organized throughout the year. Every deduction captured. No scrambling in March trying to reconstruct twelve months of activity from bank statements. You get back the hours you used to spend on bookkeeping and actually use them for work that pays.
Better Pricing and Decisions
Better Pricing and Decisions
Real data from past jobs informs your quotes. You know which customers and job types are worth your time. Growth decisions are based on actual margins instead of gut feel and hope.
Time and Tax Savings
Time and Tax Savings
Monthly books closed without you doing it. Deductions tracked throughout the year. No surprise tax bills in April. You get your evenings back and keep more of what you earn.
Greater Houston's Small Business Bookkeeping Partner
The Next Step:
A Quick Conversation
Tell us about your business and what you need help with. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a straightforward quote.