Bookkeeping for plasterers

What the books involve

• Stage claims: hanging, setting and cornice stages on each house claimed from the builder, with each payment checked against the claims made and any shortfall listed.
• Plasterboard accounts: board, cornice, compound, beads and screws delivered for each house matched to the supplier's monthly statement, with unused sheets sent back to the supplier recorded as credits.
• Fixers and setters: invoices from subcontracted fixers and setters, often priced by the square metre or by the house, entered against the job and paid on the terms agreed with them.
• Rendering, ceiling repairs and patching for homeowners and property managers invoiced job by job and kept apart from builder income in the monthly profit and loss.
• Trucks and equipment: board lifters, stilts, sanders and the truck that carries the board recorded as assets or running costs, with finance repayments split into interest and the amount owed.
• Builder remittances: a single payment from a builder often covers several claims, so the payment is split across the right invoices before the bank account is reconciled each month.