Bookkeeping for Electrical Contractors in BC
Built around permits, inspections, and a mix of residential service calls and larger commercial contracts that each need their own kind of job costing.
Electrical work carries a layer most trades don't deal with as heavily: permits, inspections, and code compliance costs attached to nearly every job. Those costs are easy to undercount if they're not built into your job costing from the start, and they quietly erode margin on jobs that otherwise looked profitable.
Most electrical contractors also run two kinds of work at once — smaller residential service calls and larger commercial or new-build contracts — each billed differently and each needing its own cost tracking. And payroll has its own layer too, with apprentice, journeyman, and master electrician pay tiers that need to stay accurate and compliant.
Permits and inspections eat into margin if you're not tracking them.
Compliance costs need their own line in job costing, not a quiet absorption into overhead.
Separate job costing by contract type shows you which work is actually worth chasing.
Accurate payroll that reflects certification level without you having to manually double-check every pay run.
What working with us actually looks like for electrical contractors.
Permits and compliance costs, tracked properly
Inspection and code compliance costs show up in your job costing instead of disappearing into overhead.
Residential and commercial work, costed separately
See clearly which contract type is actually driving your profit.
Payroll built for certification tiers
Apprentice, journeyman, and master electrician pay handled accurately, every pay period.
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