Electricians: your books, closed by the fifth business day.
Quick answer
For electricians, TrainedBooks is automatic bookkeeping software that closes your books by the fifth business day. It sorts every bank and card transaction for you with a plain-English reason, shows your real profit and a location-aware tax set-aside (real federal + your state's rates), and prepares a tax-ready package so your tax pro just reviews and files. You review the few flagged items and own an exportable ledger. From $35/mo, with a free start, no card required, and a 30-day money-back guarantee — bookkeeping software, not a tax preparer.
Last updated: July 2026
Electrical contractors, solo sparkies, and small crews. TrainedBooks turns the bank feed into closed books by the fifth business day — materials, permits, and tools categorized with reasons, income matched to deposits, and a tax set-aside so quarterlies stop surprising you.
The problem
Wire and breaker prices swing, permit fees stack up per job, tools walk out of the budget a few hundred dollars at a time, and progress billing means income never matches the work you actually did that month.
What TrainedBooks does
TrainedBooks turns the bank feed into closed books by the fifth business day — materials, permits, and tools categorized with reasons, income matched to deposits, and a tax set-aside so quarterlies stop surprising you.
Built for how a electrician actually runs
Supply-house materials and copper runs categorized as job costs, with price-swing months still reconciling
Permit and inspection fees tracked per month so bid-vs-real stops drifting
Tool and equipment purchases separated from consumables for your CPA's depreciation call
Progress-billing deposits matched to income with anything odd flagged, not guessed
How it works
Bring in your activity
Upload a bank or QuickBooks CSV, a statement PDF, or a photo of a receipt.
TrainedBooks does the close
Every line categorized with a confidence and a plain-English reason. It learns each correction you make.
You get your numbers
Profit, margin, and what to set aside for taxes — plus a CPA-ready packet. You approve; you stay in control.
Bookkeeping for electricians — FAQ
Tools, ladders, meters — expense or equipment?
TrainedBooks categorizes purchases with a plain-English reason and keeps bigger equipment visible so your CPA can make the depreciation call at year-end from the packet, not from a shoebox.
I run a helper through payroll. Does TrainedBooks handle that?
Payroll runs from your provider show up in the books as payroll costs, and the tax packet includes a payroll summary — TrainedBooks doesn't run payroll itself, it keeps the books around it clean.
Can my CPA work from this at year-end?
Yes — one click produces the accountant packet: P&L, balances, 1099 and payroll summaries, open questions, and the full register. Your CPA reviews and files; you own and can export everything.