Bookkeeping and finance operations for contractors and trades.
Contractors and trades businesses need more than basic bookkeeping. Lynn Solutions helps growing field-service, construction-adjacent, and trades businesses clean up the books, improve invoicing and AR visibility, and build financial workflows that keep up with the work.
Serving contractors and trades businesses across Tacoma, Seattle, Gig Harbor, Bellingham, and Washington State.
THE PROBLEM
When the work moves fast, the financial side can fall behind.
Contractors and trades businesses often grow through the work first. The jobs get bigger. The crew grows. Invoices multiply. Materials, payroll, sales tax, subcontractors, software tools, and customer payments all start moving at once.
If the financial system is not built to keep up, the owner ends up managing the mess.
Invoices go out wrong or late. AR is hard to track. QuickBooks does not match reality. Sales tax is confusing. Payroll and job activity do not line up cleanly. The owner is left guessing what has been paid, what is owed, and what the business can actually afford.
Lynn Solutions helps fix the financial side before it keeps slowing the business down.
WHAT WE WATCH
The details that can create expensive problems if no one is watching.
Invoicing Accuracy
Wrong customer details, missing addresses, incorrect tax setup, delayed invoices, or unclear balances can create cash flow problems and tax issues.
Accounts Receivable Visibility
Contractors need to know who owes what, how long invoices have been outstanding, and what needs follow-up without digging through QuickBooks every time.
Sales Tax and B&O Awareness
Washington contractors and trades businesses can have complicated sales tax and B&O considerations. Lynn Solutions supports clean bookkeeping, sales tax workflows, tax-ready records, and coordination with tax professionals where needed.
Payroll and Labor Coordination
Payroll data needs to line up with the financial records. If payroll, time tracking, job activity, and QuickBooks are disconnected, reporting gets harder to trust.
Job and Project Workflow
Some businesses need job-aware tracking, software handoff cleanup, or reporting that helps the owner see profitability and outstanding obligations more clearly.
Software Handoffs
QuickBooks, Buildertrend, payroll tools, payment processors, spreadsheets, and other systems need clean handoffs. If data breaks between tools, the books become harder to manage.
HOW WE HELP
Financial operations support for contractors that need the numbers to match the work.
Monthly Bookkeeping & Finance Operations
Cleanup & Catch-Up Bookkeeping
CFO & Advisory Support
Financial Systems & Workflow Improvement
WHO THIS IS FOR
For contractors and trades businesses that have outgrown basic bookkeeping.
This page is for owner-led contractors, trades businesses, home service businesses, construction-adjacent companies, and field-service businesses that need better financial visibility and stronger financial workflows.
You are likely a good fit if your business has 2–50 employees, roughly $1M–$10M+ in annual revenue, and enough complexity that basic transaction categorization is not keeping up.
- You are tired of chasing invoice status and customer balances.
- Your books are current but still not useful.
- Your QuickBooks file does not match how the business actually operates.
- Sales tax, payroll, invoicing, and job activity do not line up cleanly.
- You want fewer recurring errors and better visibility into cash, AR, profitability, and obligations.
Most monthly engagements start around $1,500/month depending on complexity, transaction volume, reporting needs, and systems involved.
WHY IT IS DIFFERENT
Contractor bookkeeping has more moving parts than a simple service business.
A contractor or trades business often has field work, customer deposits, progress payments, materials, subcontractors, crews, job-related costs, software tools, sales tax, payroll, and receivables moving at the same time.
That does not mean every contractor needs a complicated accounting system. It means the bookkeeping needs to match how the business actually runs.
Lynn Solutions looks at the financial operations as a system — how estimates turn into invoices, how payments are tracked, how payroll and job activity connect, how sales tax is handled, how AR is monitored, and how the owner gets visibility without manually chasing everything.
- We improve workflows, not just the books.
- We catch tax and accounting issues inside QuickBooks.
- We reduce manual work and recurring errors.
- We help owners understand what has happened, what needs attention, and what systems need to improve next.
- 5 years in business
- 20+ clients served
- Contractor/trades experience
- $1M–$50M+ client revenue range
Helped reduce invoicing errors to zero for one client. Built an AR visibility system for client operations. Caught tax and accounting issues inside QuickBooks. Took over a finance/admin process estimated to cost one client $30k–$40k/year in salary.
“You're such a pro. I had no idea you were fighting through some real-life stuff while you did nothing but deliver in a way that exceeds expectations. Thank you for serving Smart PNW so well. I'm so thankful for our partnership and excited to watch your business grow while being a great partner for mine.”
QUESTIONS
Contractors & Trades FAQ
What bookkeeping does a contractor need?
Can Lynn Solutions help with QuickBooks cleanup for a contractor?
Can you help with invoicing and AR tracking?
Do you provide tax advice for contractors?
Can Lynn Solutions work with Buildertrend or other contractor software?
What makes Lynn Solutions different from a basic contractor bookkeeper?
Do you work with contractors outside Tacoma?
Related services and service areas.
Ready to get the financial side of your contracting business under control?
Book a Financial Systems Review. We will look at your current books, invoicing workflows, AR visibility, software, and financial pain points — and whether Lynn Solutions is the right fit.
Or call 253-353-2675