You run crews, not spreadsheets.
We do monthly bookkeeping for contractors with your business tax return included, and it starts with a free 30-minute call. Money arrives in lumps and leaves in a hurry, so it’s genuinely hard to know what’s safe to pay yourself between draws. That’s the problem we solve. Categorizing receipts is just the start of it.
Sound familiar?
The questions that keep contractors up at night.
You don’t actually know if last month’s biggest job made money.
Cash feels tight even when the job list is full and work is steady.
You find out about a cost overrun after the job’s done, not while it could still be fixed.
Payroll and materials eat into cash before you’ve paid yourself anything.
Tax time means digging through a truck console and a shoebox of receipts.
What we actually do
Honest scope, built for how contractors actually run jobs.
Books that keep up with the work
Income and expenses tracked at the level that shows you which jobs actually paid off, instead of lumped into generic buckets.
A cushion for uneven cash
Payroll, materials, and taxes get set aside before you touch operating cash. Built for the feast-or-famine rhythm of project-based work.
Honest about scope
We do clean, reconciled books and the cash system. We’re not your project office and won’t pretend to replace one. If you need project-management or job-tracking software, we’ll say so.
Not sure we’re the right fit for your setup? That’s exactly what the fit call is for. We’d rather tell you honestly than take on work we can’t do well.
Job costing, retainage, progress billing: if that vocabulary is your daily life, we wrote up what contractor bookkeeping actually costs and why, and how to see which jobs actually made money.
A full job list isn’t the same as a profitable one. We’ll tell you which jobs actually paid.The Smoky Mountain way.
Based in East Tennessee
Knoxville-based. Remote-friendly. Wherever the job site is.
We’re based in Knoxville and work with contractors and trades across East Tennessee, Nashville, and remotely nationwide. Site visits aren’t part of the job. Your books are, wherever you’re building.
Who we’re for, and who we’re not for.
A good fit: Owner-run contractors and trades businesses that have outgrown doing the books themselves or a high-volume online bookkeeping service, and want a CPA who knows their numbers.
Not a fit: companies that need an audit or reviewed financial statements, venture-backed companies, or multi-entity international groups, or contractors who need full job-costing or project-management software built out (we will say so and point you to it). We would rather tell you on the first call than three months in.
We are based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and serve these businesses remotely across the US, not only in Knoxville.
Pricing
One package, three levels
Every monthly plan includes bookkeeping and your business and personal tax return. The Profit First cash system is an optional add-on.
Get the Contractor's Bookkeeping Checklist.
The monthly routine two CPAs use to keep trades books clean: job costing, owner pay, equipment, and 1099s handled right. Free, one email, no hoops.
Contractor bookkeeping questions, answered.
Do you do bookkeeping for contractors and trades?
Yes, we do monthly bookkeeping for contractors and trades, and every monthly plan includes your business and personal tax return. Income and expenses are tracked at the level that shows you which jobs actually paid off, instead of lumped into generic buckets.
Can you tell me which jobs made money?
Yes, at the bookkeeping level, your books will show which jobs actually paid. We do not build deep job costing systems, so full project cost accounting is outside the package.
Do you replace project management or job tracking software?
No, we are not your project office and will not pretend to replace one. We do clean, reconciled books and the cash system, and if you need project management or job tracking software, we will say so.
How do you handle cash that comes in lumps?
Payroll, materials, and taxes get set aside before you touch operating cash. The system is built for the feast or famine rhythm of project based work, so you know what is safe to pay yourself between draws.
Do you visit job sites?
No, site visits are not part of the job. We are based in Knoxville and work with contractors across East Tennessee, Nashville, and remotely nationwide, wherever you are building.
Ready to know what a job actually made?
Book a free fit call. We’ll talk through how you run jobs and tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.
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