Accounting for Service Businesses

Consultants, contractors, agencies, home services. If you sell your time and skills, here's how I help.

Service Businesses accounting

The challenge

Service businesses don't have shelves of inventory, but they have their own headaches: unpaid invoices, project budgets that drift, contractors to track, and owners who aren't sure what they can safely pay themselves.

With 30 years of accounting experience, I set up your books for how a service business actually works, then keep them clean and easy to understand.

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Questions your books should answer

  • Which clients are the most profitable?
  • Who hasn't paid us yet?
  • How much can I safely pay myself this month?

What service businesses need from their accounting

And what I take care of for you.

Job & project profitability

Tracking income and costs by client or project so you know which work is worth it.

Invoicing & receivables

Keeping invoices out the door and following who still owes you.

Contractor tracking

Recording payments to subcontractors and keeping 1099 information ready at year end.

Recurring revenue

Setting up retainers and recurring billing so nothing slips through.

Owner pay & draws

Recording owner draws and payroll correctly so you know what's left.

Expense categorization

Mileage, software, supplies and meals sorted the right way.

Services that fit

Other industries I work with:

30years

Ready to stop dreading your books?

Send Michele a quick note. Tell her what's going on and she'll tell you how she can help. No judgment about the shoebox.

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