The Accountant Tradies Actually Need
It's 9pm. You've been on the tools since 6am. And now you're sitting at the kitchen table doing the books, because nobody else is going to.
Sound familiar?
Most accountants have never done that. They know tax law. They don't know what it's like waiting on a progress payment while the job's already finished and the next one's already started. They don't know what retention money actually costs you. They just lodge the BAS and disappear until next year.
We're not that.
The subbie thing that catches almost everyone out
Quick one most tradies don't know until it bites them. If your subbie's out there doing the labour themselves, not running their own crew, the ATO can treat them like an employee for super, ABN or not. We've seen guys running solid businesses get hit with a bill for years of unpaid super because nobody flagged it. That's the kind of thing we catch before it becomes a problem, not after.
Chasing money for work you've already done
Job's finished. Invoice is out. Now you're just waiting, hoping, maybe sending a "just checking in" text you feel weird about sending. We help you tighten that up, better invoicing, better terms, less chasing, so you're not financing everyone else's cash flow with your own.
Your ute, your gear, done properly
New ute this year? New gear? That's real money, and how you claim it, and when, actually matters. Get it wrong and you're either giving the tax office more than you need to, or setting yourself up for a headache down the track.
Someone who's actually in the trade world, not just reading about it
We work with tradies and construction businesses all the time. You won't need to explain what retention is, or why materials and labour get taxed differently. We already know. So the conversation starts where it should, with your business, not a lesson.
One more thing worth knowing. From 1 July 2026, super has to be paid the same day as wages, not once a quarter. If you've got subbies or staff, that changes how your cash flow needs to work. Worth a chat before it catches you out.