Bookkeeping for Trades

You quote the job. We'll tell you if it made money.

Xero bookkeeping built for trades and construction, job margin tracking, progress invoicing, subbies and TPAR, BAS and payroll. For tradies scaling beyond $500K who are done running the business from the ute at 9pm.

The trap

Busy every week. Broke every quarter. Sound familiar?

Big jobs, full calendar, money coming in, and somehow there's never enough for the BAS, the super, or you. That's what happens when nobody's tracking margin per job, invoices go out late, and the paperwork lives in the passenger seat. The work isn't the problem. The back end is.

Built for the tools

What we handle for trade businesses

01

Job & Project Margin Tracking

Every job tracked in Xero so you know which work makes money and which just keeps you busy. Quote smarter, price harder, walk away from the losers.

02

Invoicing & Receivables That Chase Themselves

Progress claims out on time, deposits taken up front, and a fortnightly chase on every unpaid invoice, so you're not financing your clients' renovations.

03

Subbies & TPAR Compliance

Subcontractor payments tracked and your Taxable Payments Annual Report lodged right, an ATO focus area most tradies don't know exists until the letter arrives.

04

BAS & GST, Lodged by a Registered Agent

Quarterly BAS on time, every time, with GST on materials, margins and deposits handled correctly. No June scramble, no penalties.

05

Payroll, Super & Fair Work

Your crew paid right under the right award, super on schedule, STP lodged. With Payday Super coming, we'll have you compliant before it costs you.

06

Tax Debt Catch-Up

Behind on lodgements, super or ATO payments? No judgement, it's more common than you think. We rebuild the books, negotiate realistic payment plans, and get you back in front.

Real client, real turnaround

From years of tax debt to reading his own numbers

A trade business came to us after years of operating with no real financial setup, overdue tax debts, unpaid super, no idea which jobs made money. We rebuilt everything.

BeforeThe owner was the pipeline: 12-plus hours a day on the phone quoting, chasing and coordinating between site visits. Sales depended entirely on his hours, and ATO debt grew quietly in the background.
AfterClear processes across an 8-person team: outreach and pipeline automated, receivables chased automatically, delivery standardised, and the owner's hours back on sales and running the crew.
"She takes on tasks that look impossible on paper and somehow makes them work. No drama, no excuses, she just figures it out and gets it done."
Travis Presley, Vaquero Flooring Pty Ltd
The scoreboard

What clean books buy you

0%+
Average margin lift for systems-coached clients
$0K+
Cost savings found for our clients
0
Surprise invoices, fixed monthly fee, always
Straight answers

Tradies ask us…

Yes, catch-up work is half of what we do, and there's no judgement. We rebuild the file, get your lodgements current, and if there's ATO debt we help set up a payment plan you can actually keep. The relief clients describe after that first clean BAS is the best part of this job.

If you pay subcontractors in building and construction, the ATO requires a Taxable Payments Annual Report each year listing what you paid them. Miss it and you're flagged. We track subbie payments all year so lodgement is automatic.

We set up job-level tracking in Xero: labour, materials and sub costs against what you quoted. You see margin per job, not just a lump-sum P&L, so pricing stops being a guess.

A fixed monthly fee based on your volume: jobs, crew size, payroll. We quote it after a proper look at your books, so the number is right the first time. No hourly billing.

Knock off earlier

15 minutes. Then the paperwork stops being yours.

Book a call, we'll look at where your books are at, tell you what needs fixing first, then quote your fixed fee after a proper look at your books. No pitch, no jargon, no judgement about the shoebox.

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