Trades and field services
A bookkeeper for tradies in Melbourne who handles the paperwork
You quote, you build, you fix. We keep the invoices, subbie payments and BAS in order so your evenings stay yours.
Is this for you?
If you run a trade business and the admin happens at the kitchen table after dark, this page is for you. Sterix is a bookkeeper for tradies in Melbourne and across Australia. We keep your Xero file current through the week, so quoting, invoicing and BAS stop eating your nights.
Trade businesses have their own bookkeeping problems. Materials go on the card at six in the morning. Subbies invoice you from a ute. Progress payments land in odd amounts and the job that felt busy can still lose money. We set your file up around jobs, so you can see what each one actually made before you price the next one.
What we handle for trade businesses
- Job coding. Materials, labour and subbies coded to the job, so job profit is visible in Xero rather than guessed.
- Invoicing and follow up. Invoices out on time and followed up politely, so the money for finished work keeps arriving.
- Subcontractor payments and TPAR. Subbie invoices recorded cleanly through the year, so the taxable payments annual report is a print run rather than a scramble.
- GST on materials and equipment. Purchases coded with the right GST treatment, including the odd ones like insurance and vehicle costs.
- Payroll for your crew. Wages, super and STP for apprentices and staff, run on time every cycle through our payroll service.
- BAS preparation and lodgement. As a registered BAS agent we prepare and lodge from a reconciled file, with agent lodgement dates on your side.
How it works
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Snap and send
Receipts and supplier invoices go to Xero from your phone. No shoebox, no lost dockets.
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We keep the file current
Our team codes the bank feed through the week and reconciles every account before month end.
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You see job numbers that are true
A short monthly report shows what came in, what went out and which jobs made money.
Not sure what shape your books are in? Start with a look at our monthly bookkeeping service, or read our plain English guide for sole traders if it is just you and the ute for now.
Get your evenings back
Book a free discovery call and tell us about your trade business. Half an hour, no obligation.