Tracking Supplies, Mileage, and Job Expenses for Cleaning Crews
So the receipt situation at most cleaning companies looks about the same. Somebody on a crew stops for chemicals or paper towels on the way to a job, pays, and the receipt goes wherever receipts go, which is usually a cup holder, a glove box, or a pocket that ends up in the wash. Months […]
Residential vs Commercial Cleaning: What Changes in Your Books
So there’s a moment I keep seeing with cleaning company owners, and it’s actually a good moment. You’ve been running residential routes for a while, the houses are steady, and then you land your first building. An office, a dental practice, a small retail space. More money, more predictable, feels like a level up. And […]
The Monthly Statements That Show Which Cleaning Contracts Make Money
So there’s a pattern I see with cleaning company owners who are winning work: the busier they get, the less they know about which work is worth it. Revenue is up, the crews are full, and the honest answer to which contracts make money after labor and supplies is a shrug, because the reports either […]
Chart of Accounts for a Cleaning Business: How I Set It Up
So when I open a cleaning company’s QuickBooks file for the first time, the most common thing I see is one income account. Everything the business earned, every house, every building, every deep clean, all pumped into a single bucket called Income or maybe Sales. And the owner will tell me business is good, and […]
1099 Subcontractors vs W-2 Employees: What a Cleaning Business Must Keep in Its Books
So cleaning is one of the few industries where almost everybody runs both kinds of workers. W-2 employees on the regular routes, 1099 subcontractor crews for overflow, specialty work, or that big strip-and-wax job. Both are normal. What gets companies in trouble isn’t running both, it’s letting the two blur together in the books, so […]