Your bookkeeper is overcharging you every winter.
Same bill in February as in July, for a business that goes quiet half the year. Here's the part nobody in my industry will say out loud.
I grew up in a landscaping family. I keep the books for lawn care and landscaping companies, and nobody else.
A flat fee on a seasonal business
The standard bookkeeping setup is a flat monthly fee. Same charge in spring, same charge in winter. Sounds fair. It isn't.
Your business runs flat out for nine months and goes quiet for three. The bill never moves. You pay peak price all winter for a business that's basically asleep.
Those quiet months are the easiest money your bookkeeper makes all year. And nobody in my industry is going to be the one to bring it up.
What this actually looks like
Seasonal pricing, for a seasonal business.The obvious thing the industry acts like isn't possible.
I grew up in it.
That's me on our Dingo. We bought it during the busy season, partly for the tax write-off.
By February it was sitting in the yard, untouched. But that $652 payment kept coming out every monthlike it didn't know the season was over.
The equipment payment did not change with the season. Bookkeeping could. So when I started keeping books for lawn care and landscaping companies, I threw out the flat year-round rate. The books stay current, but the bill drops when the work slows.
February · Dingo sitting in the yard
You pay when the work is happening
In season, you pay your rate
The months you're slammed and the money's moving, you pay a flat rate, same as anyone.
Slow months, you pay less
When the trucks are parked and the phone's quiet, the bill drops with you. Sometimes to nothing.
Books stay clean year-round
You always know what's actually sticking, going into winter and coming out of it, without paying peak price to find out.
Right now is exactly when to hand this off
You're slammed. Money's coming in fast and going out faster, and most landscapers can't tell you what's actually sticking until it's too late to do anything about it.
You don't have time to think about this right now. That's the point.
Let me handle the books while you handle the season.
That Dingo payment did not stop in February. Your bookkeeping bill can. The books stay current while the price follows the season.
Get your seasonal price
I'm taking on a few lawn care and landscaping companies right now, getting them cleaned up and current so this winter doesn't feel like the ones I grew up with.
See what seasonal pricing would cost you
Takes 30 seconds. No contract to find out.
Common questions
Most landscapers I take on do. Switching is less of a headache than it sounds. I handle the handoff and the cleanup so you're not the one untangling a year of books. You just keep working.
A lot of people assume that and aren't. If you are, we time the switch around it. Either way, finding out what seasonal pricing costs you doesn't commit you to anything.
That's exactly why now. The handoff is on me, not you. Twenty minutes of your time and then you go back to running the season while I run the books.
It depends on your season and how big you run, which is the whole point of pricing it to the business instead of the calendar. Drop your info above and I'll text you a real number for your operation.