Bookkeeping for Trades & Home Services in South Jordan, UT
Contractors, electricians, cleaners, and landscapers tracking jobs, materials, and crew pay.
- Based in South Jordan, UT
- Melanie is your contact
- Call or email
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.
Decision-ready books, closed by the 10th.
Trades & home services we work with
- Contractors
- Electricians & plumbers
- HVAC
- Cleaning services
- Landscaping
- Handyman & repair
The home services problem
Trucks are booked solid and deposits keep clearing. So why is cash always tight by the 15th?
The bookkeeping headaches home service businesses know too well.
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.
Materials & equipment costs pile up
Receipts everywhere, big equipment buys, and no clean record. We categorize it all and flag the big buys for your CPA.
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 projectMaterials, labor, and fuel tracked per job.
- Materials & equipment trackingCategorized, with big buys flagged for your CPA.
- Crew payroll & 1099sEmployees and subs, kept clean and filed on time.
- Clean expense categorizationFuel, tools, and supplies, sorted clearly.
- Seasonal cash flow visibilitySee the swings coming before they hit.
- Monthly close by the 10thClean, decision-ready reports every month.
Services for trades and home services
The monthly engagement covers the core work. These are the services trades and home services lean on most, each with its own page.
- Monthly BookkeepingEvery transaction categorized and every account reconciled each month, so the numbers are right, not roughly right.
- PayrollPayroll processing, plus registering your business for payroll in every state your team works from.
- 1099 FilingContractor payments tracked all year and 1099s filed before the January deadline.
- Receipt ManagementReceipts captured, matched and filed against every transaction, so the books are audit-ready all year.
Who does bookkeeping for contractors and home service businesses in South Jordan, UT?
Ivory Balance Books is Melanie Mathews' done-for-you bookkeeping practice in South Jordan, Utah. For trades and home service businesses that means costs tracked job by job, receipts and equipment buys categorized, and payroll and 1099s kept clean as add-ons. The books close by the 10th of each month, on a month-to-month engagement. Book a 15-minute discovery call or call (385) 257-9602.
Bookkeeping for trades and home services: FAQs
Can you show me which jobs actually made money?
Yes. Materials, labor and fuel are tracked job by job, so each job's costs sit against its own revenue instead of one shared pile.
How do I get started?
Book a 15-minute discovery call or call (385) 257-9602. The call is complimentary, and Ivory Balance Books replies to messages within one business day.
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