Understand contractor bookkeeping. Start with the guides.

Read our guides to keeping the books for your trade. Read about job costs, payments to subs and how to use QuickBooks for your trade. Our monthly service is in development. Intake is closed.

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TradeBookkeepingPro, bookkeeping for tradespeople

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Contractor bookkeeping has its own details. Learn what to track.

TradeBookkeepingPro is the trade name of Book More Jobs, LLC, based in Austin, Texas. The guides cover keeping books for the trades, from one-person shops to small crews. We are still building the monthly service.

Job classes, payments to subs and costs of materials show where money goes. Read how to track them and use the reports.

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The trades built this country. The least we can do is keep their books straight so every job tells the real story.

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What you can learn from the guides.

Learn about contractor financial records and monthly bookkeeping. The guides remain available while we prepare the service.

Contractor Bookkeeping Guides

Learn about contractor financials

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Guides for the trades

Bookkeeping education for contractors.

TradeBookkeepingPro is the trade name of Book More Jobs, LLC, based in Austin, Texas. This site explains bookkeeping topics for contractors. Our monthly service is in development, and intake is closed.

Three reasons your shop will notice the difference.

Understand contractor books

Keeping books for the trades means tracking job costs and payments to subs. Our guides explain how to sort these entries in your chart of accounts.

Learn how QuickBooks fits your trade

Read about using QuickBooks Online to keep books for your trade. Learn how to read a profit and loss report or balance sheet and see costs by job.

Bookkeeping in plain English

Our guides show how to record costs and read the books for your trade.

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BookkeeperBookkeeper & Tax Preparer, 40+ years

Mary Mattison has kept books for small businesses and prepared their taxes for more than 40 years.

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Read our contractor bookkeeping guides. Our monthly service is in development, and intake is closed.

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