Accounting that knows your industry.

Clients pay retainers up front

Cash arrives before it's earned

Held as liabilities, recognized as the work is delivered

Work bills by hour or milestone

Unbilled work hides real revenue

Work-in-progress tracked against invoicing

Partners draw against profit

Draws, distributions and payroll blur together

Draws kept clean; distributions reconciled to equity

Clients fund ad spend through you

Media dollars inflate revenue

Booked as pass-through - margins stay honest

Retainers and projects run side by side

Each needs its own revenue timing

Recognized on its own schedule, reviewed at close

Freelancers scale with the work

Costs must map to clients

Spend tagged to accounts; per-client margin visible

Commissions land at closing

Lumpy income makes tax planning hard

Income smoothed monthly; estimated taxes planned ahead

Splits go to brokerage and team

Gross commission != your commission

Splits and fees netted so income is true

Deals carry earnest and escrow money

Client funds can't mix with operating cash

Escrow activity kept separate and reconciled

Jobs run for weeks or months

Costs and billings land in different months

Job-level costing ties margin to each project

Progress billing holds retainage back

Earned revenue you can't see in the bank

Tracked as a receivable - what you're owed stays visible

Subs invoice throughout the job

1099s, insurance, lien exposure

Payments tracked per job; 1099s ready at year-end

Jobs book and pay through field software

Payouts don't match individual jobs

Payouts reconciled to jobs; fees split out

Demand swings with the season

Cash-heavy months hide slow-month risk

A seasonal view of cash - the slow season is planned

Deposits are taken at booking

Liabilities until the job is done

Held as liabilities, released as work completes

Revenue arrives per load or repair order

Margin lives at the unit level

Direct costs tied to loads - unit economics visible

Receivables get factored

Advances, fees and reserves confuse the ledger

Factoring unwound - each piece in its place

Equipment carries the business

Depreciation drives taxes and truth

Managed with the tax strategy, not discovered at filing

Revenue books through platforms and front desk

Every rail has its own fees and timing

Each rail reconciled; fees split from revenue

Gift cards and packages sell up front

Unredeemed balances are liabilities

Tracked as liabilities until redeemed

Seasons and events drive demand

Peaks mask the true run-rate

Seasonality separated from trend

Care is delivered today

Insurance pays weeks later, less adjustments

Revenue tied to service, not deposit date

Payers remit in batches

EOB write-downs need judgment

Adjustments reviewed by accountants, not guessed

Patients pay co-pays at the desk

Patient and payer revenue blur

Kept as separate, reconciled streams

Production is booked per procedure

Production != collections - write-offs sit between

Write-offs tracked so your collections rate is real

Insurance reimburses on fee schedules

Adjustments differ by payer contract

Applied consistently, reviewed at close

Chairs and imaging on finance

Equipment debt shapes the P&L

Loans and depreciation handled with the tax strategy

Marketplaces pay out net

One deposit hides sales, fees, refunds, reserves

Every payout unbundled

Inventory moves ahead of sales

COGS timing decides real margin

Inventory and COGS aligned to sales

Orders ship to every state

Sales tax nexus builds silently

Nexus watched; filings scoped early