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Bookkeeping for trades & home services

Books that keep up with every job, material, and crew.

Contractors, electricians, plumbers, cleaners, and landscapers run on jobs, materials, and crew pay — often with cash flow that swings by the season. We keep it clean, so you know which jobs actually made money.

Bookkeeping for trades and home services — Ivory Balance Books
Decision-ready.
Always.
Closed by the 10th
Trades & home services we work with
Contractors Electricians & plumbers HVAC Cleaning services Landscaping Handyman & repair
The home services problem

The trucks are booked solid and the deposits keep clearing. So why is cash always tight by the 15th?

Sound familiar?

The bookkeeping headaches home service businesses know too well.

01

Job profitability is a mystery

Materials, labor, and fuel for each job blur together, so you can't tell which jobs paid off and which barely broke even. We track costs job by job.

02

Materials & equipment costs pile up

Receipts everywhere, big equipment buys, and no clean record. We categorize it all and flag what should be capitalized.

03

Crew pay & 1099s get tangled

Employees, subs, and seasonal crew, all with different pay. We keep payroll and 1099s clean and on time.

What we handle

Built for how your business actually runs.

One monthly engagement, shaped around jobs, materials, crews, and seasonal cash flow.

Job costing by project

Materials, labor, and fuel tracked per job.

Materials & equipment tracking

Categorized, with big buys flagged for your CPA.

Crew payroll & 1099s

Employees and subs, kept clean and filed on time.

Clean expense categorization

Fuel, tools, and supplies, sorted clearly.

Seasonal cash flow visibility

See the swings coming before they hit.

Monthly close by the 10th

Clean, decision-ready reports every month.

No more guessing where your cash went. Your books are handled quietly in the background, and your reports show up like clockwork, so you always know what the business actually kept.
The Ivory Balance Books promise
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Decision-ready books, built for home services.

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A bookkeeping & accounting practice for growing businesses who want decision-ready books. Personal by design.

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