Most contractors know they're busy. Far fewer know which jobs actually turned a profit. I track your books by job — costs, draws, retainage, and subs — so that answer is right there every month, not a gut feel.
Book a Free 15-Min Call Run the 2-Minute Health CheckYou can run flat out all year and still not know whether a job made money — because materials, labor, subs, and equipment all land in the books in one lump instead of against the job they belong to. I set up job costing so every dollar is tracked to its job. Then "did we actually make money on the Henderson job?" has a real answer, in writing, every month.
Costs and revenue tracked by job, so you see the margin on each one — not just the company total at year end.
Draws and customer deposits recorded as you bill them, so income lands in the right period instead of all at the end.
The money held back until the job closes — tracked so you actually remember to collect it.
Sub payments tracked all year with W-9s on file, so January is a non-event instead of a scramble.
True job costs separated from overhead, so your COGS and margin mean something you can act on.
Anomaly checks run on your books each month — deposit gaps, odd balances, fee drift — and I personally investigate every flag.
Contracting lives and dies on timing — you pay for materials and labor weeks before the draw clears. When your books track costs against draws, you can see the cash gap coming instead of getting blindsided by it mid-job.
Not sure where you'd land? The free 15-minute call ends with a real number — not "it depends."
Tell me about your jobs and how you bill; I'll tell you what I'd expect to find in your books.
Written findings: what's right, what's off, what it takes to fix. $275–$800 by size, credits in full toward month one.
A fixed quote before any work starts. You approve the number first.
Books tracked by job, subs and retainage handled, with a one-page report you'll actually read.
"Nothing is rushed, nothing is overlooked. That level of precision gives me complete confidence in my financial reporting."
Yes — that's exactly what job costing is for. Once costs and revenue are tracked by job, each job's margin shows up on its own, instead of being buried in the company total.
Yes. Sub payments are tracked all year and W-9s kept on file, so 1099 filing in January is a non-event rather than a scramble.
Yes. Draws, deposits, and retainage are tracked as you bill, so income lands in the right period and held-back money doesn't slip through the cracks.
That's the design. Your CPA gets a clean, documented file at tax time; I handle the monthly grind so tax season stops being an emergency.
Working around Ontario or the Inland Empire? See your local Ontario page — or check whether your books are right in two minutes with the free Books Health Check.
Fifteen minutes tells us both whether it's a fit — and you'll leave with a real monthly number. No pitch, no pressure, no homework.
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