Plumbing business bookkeeping
Bookkeeping for plumbing businesses
Plumbing businesses have materials purchases, supply-house balances, truck expenses and fuel costs to keep organized. Consistent categories and reconciled accounts make your company-wide monthly reports easier to understand.
“You're running calls all day, a lot of it in the heat, and by the end of it your head is spinning. There's no time left for the books. Saving you that time means more time to grow your business, or more time with your family.”
Landon Fields, founder of VenduralThe details that matter
What we watch for in plumbing businesses books
Keep income, materials and recurring operating costs clear in your monthly books.
Monthly income and expenses
Company-wide profit and loss statements show your business's recorded income and expenses each month.
Materials purchases
Categorize materials consistently between direct costs and overhead. Project-level cost allocation isn't included.
Supply-house charge accounts
Reconcile charges and payments on supply-house accounts to their monthly statements, including purchases that haven't yet cleared the bank.
Vehicles and fuel
Keep truck expenses and fuel recorded consistently so the cost of getting to calls is visible alongside other operating expenses.
The monthly service
What's included every month
Standard monthly bookkeeping: categorization, reconciliations and company-wide reports, including your connected supply-house accounts.
Monthly transaction categorization
Every bank, card and processor transaction coded to a chart of accounts tailored to your business, with consistent treatment month to month.
Reconciliations
Bank, credit card and payment-processor accounts reconciled to statements so your balances are provable, not estimated.
Financial statements
Profit and loss and balance sheet with a plain-English summary, delivered on a fixed monthly schedule.
Reporting & insight
A monthly reporting pack with plain-English commentary on margins, spend trends and anything that looks off.
Year-end handoff
A clean, documented year-end package your tax preparer can work from without a cleanup project first.
Catch-up & cleanup
Behind by a few months or a few years? Catch-up is a one-time fee per month behind: $199 on Starter, $349 on Growth and $599 on Established. Custom is priced on the call.
Pricing
Simple monthly pricing
Starter
$249 per month
Catch-up: $199 per month behind. No hourly billing.
- Up to 150 transactions a month
- Cash-basis books, one business
- Every transaction categorized and every account reconciled
- Books closed every month, within the first ten business days
- A short monthly review list, so you only check the transactions that need you
- Profit and loss and balance sheet with a plain-English summary
- Questions come by text or email, and a few words back is enough
- One setup call, then no meetings to schedule
- No QuickBooks Online yet? We set it up for you at no extra cost
Custom: more than 500 transactions a month, or more than one business? We'll price it on the call.
Get my priceIf your books are behind, catch-up is a one-time fee per month behind: $199 on Starter, $349 on Growth and $599 on Established. Custom is priced on the call. You'll see your estimate in 2 minutes, and we confirm it on a quick 30-minute call before anything is billed.
FAQ
Plumbing bookkeeping questions
The practical details behind calls and projects.
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