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For Electricians, Plumbers & Trade Contractors

Your Work Passes Inspection.
Your Books Should Too.

LedgerAI connects to QuickBooks and automatically categorizes materials, tools, equipment rentals, and subcontractor payments. You approve. QuickBooks is updated. Your CPA gets clean books.

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LedgerAI  ·  Books Review  ·  Premier Electric LLC  ·  Q4 2024
342 transactions scanned Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2024
46 Reclassified
8 Needs Review
2 Personal Charges
3 Duplicate Clusters
5 Contractors
$9,600 Deductions Found
Flagged for your review
Tony Reyes · Zelle $5,600.00 1099?
Costco Wholesale $78.40 Personal Charge
County Permit Office $420.00 Low Confidence
46 avg corrections applied per review
8 avg items flagged for your review
$9,600 avg deductions surfaced per review
QB corrections written back to QuickBooks automatically
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Applied automatically
Home Depot, Lowe's, Ferguson, Fastenal, Graybar Electric, and 670+ other known vendors categorized without any action from you.
Flagged for your review
Zelle and Venmo payments to second shooters, unknown vendors, and personal charges go to your review queue first.
Written back to QuickBooks
Only the corrections you approve get written back. Nothing changes in QuickBooks until you say so.
Never changed silently
Anything outside high-confidence stays in your queue. Your books are never modified without approval.
What LedgerAI Finds

The four things that cost trade contractors
the most money at tax time.

LedgerAI looks for the specific issues that hit electricians and trade contractors hardest: materials on the wrong account, subcontractors with no 1099 trail, personal charges in business books, and tools not properly tracked.

Materials Error
Electrical Materials on the Wrong Account
Graybar, Home Depot Pro, and Ferguson purchases routinely land in "Office Supplies" or "Uncategorized." LedgerAI corrects them to Materials or Cost of Goods automatically.
Corrections applied automatically
Graybar Electric $1,840.00 Office Supplies Materials
Ferguson HVAC Supply $920.00 Uncategorized Materials
Home Depot Pro $640.00 Office Expense Materials
3 materials corrections applied to QuickBooks automatically
1099 Risk
Subcontractor Payments Not Tracked
Zelle payments to subcontractors end up as "Uncategorized Expense." LedgerAI routes them to Contract Labor and flags anyone over $600 for 1099 review.
1099 subcontractor queue
Tony Reyes · Zelle $11,200 YTD Needs W-9
Mike V. · Venmo $4,800 YTD Needs W-9
Sam K. · Zelle $480 YTD Under $600
$16,000 in subcontractor payments tracked. 2 flagged for 1099.
Personal Charge
Personal Expenses Mixed Into Business
Grocery runs, Netflix, and personal Amazon orders on the business card inflate expenses and distort your deductions. LedgerAI flags them before they close the books.
Personal charges detected
Costco Wholesale $78.40 Personal
Netflix $22.99 Personal
Amazon Personal $142.00 Personal
$243.39 removed from business P&L and separated
Tools Tracked
Tools and Equipment Properly Categorized
Klein Tools, Fluke meters, Milwaukee power tools, and equipment rentals: every purchase correctly categorized to Tools and Equipment so your depreciation schedule is accurate.
Tools and equipment categorized
Klein Tools (Amazon) $340.00 Tools and Equipment
Milwaukee Power Tools $680.00 Tools and Equipment
Sunbelt Rentals $480.00 Equipment Rental
$1,500 in tools and equipment purchases tracked and properly categorized
How It Works

From connected to clean books
in a single run.

LedgerAI handles the mechanical work of the first pass and puts only what actually needs a decision in front of you.

Step 1

Connect QuickBooks in 60 seconds

One-click OAuth. No API keys, no configuration. LedgerAI reads your transactions directly from QuickBooks and starts categorizing immediately.

  • All QB Online plans supported
  • No QB password stored or shared
  • Choose any date range: monthly, quarterly, or full year
QuickBooks OAuth · Connecting...
✓ QuickBooks OAuth authorized
✓ Company: Premier Electric LLC
✓ Period: Q4 2024 (Oct 1 – Dec 31)
Loading Q4 2024 data...
342 transactions loaded
Step 2

Trade contractor vendors categorized automatically

Graybar, Home Depot Pro, Ferguson, Fastenal, and 670+ more vendors match instantly. Zelle payments to subcontractors are routed to Contract Labor.

  • Materials, tools, and equipment all handled
  • Your prior corrections applied before anything else
  • AI reviews only genuinely uncertain vendors
Categorization · Running patterns...
Graybar Electric $1,840.00 Materials Pattern
Ferguson HVAC Supply $920.00 Materials Pattern
Tony Reyes · Zelle $5,600.00 Needs review... 1099?
Klein Tools $340.00 Tools and Equipment Pattern
298 matched  ·  8 sent to review queue  ·  2 personal detected
Step 3

You approve the decisions that matter

High-confidence corrections are written to QuickBooks automatically. Your review queue shows only what needs a real call: unknown vendors, Zelle payments to contractors, and anything the system is not sure about.

  • One-click approve or correct each item
  • Set a rule so the same sub is handled automatically next time
  • Average trade contractor review takes under 15 minutes
Review Queue · 8 items
Tony Reyes · Zelle $5,600 1099?
Costco Wholesale $78.40 Personal?
County Permit Office $420.00 Low Conf.
Approve (5)
Review All (8)
Real Results

What trade contractors actually say.

JH
James H.
Master Electrician, WA
★★★★★

"I had four subcontractors paid via Zelle all year, all sitting in Uncategorized Expense. LedgerAI found every one of them, corrected the categories, and flagged three for 1099 review I would have missed. It also caught $6,400 in Graybar and Home Depot materials that were in Office Supplies. My accountant said these were the cleanest trade contractor books she had reviewed in ten years."

4 subs found
3 flagged for 1099
$6,400 materials corrected
All jobs properly tracked
★★★★★

"Graybar, Ferguson, Home Depot Pro, Klein Tools: LedgerAI knew every supplier without any setup. I spend 15 minutes reviewing the report instead of 4 hours fixing QuickBooks."

RP
Rick P.
HVAC Contractor, TX
★★★★★

"The 1099 catches alone saved me from a potential audit. Three subs I had been paying Zelle all year and none of them were tracked correctly until LedgerAI ran."

KM
Kevin M.
Plumbing Contractor, OR
Pricing

Less time on cleanup. Cleaner books for tax time.

If your first books review does not surface meaningful cleanup opportunities, cancel during the trial and pay nothing.

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Essential
$69/mo

Monthly categorization and flagged item review

  • QuickBooks sync (1 company)
  • Unlimited transactions
  • AI auto-categorization with 674+ patterns
  • Subcontractor 1099 detection
  • Review queue: uncertain items flagged for your approval
  • Corrections written back to QuickBooks
  • Monthly books review report
  • Email support
Agency
$249/mo

For bookkeeping firms managing multiple clients

  • Everything in Pro
  • Up to 5 QB companies ($49 per additional)
  • Per-client vendor profiles
  • White-label reports
  • Priority onboarding

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Questions trade contractors ask.

Does LedgerAI know electrical and trade supply vendors specifically? +

Yes. Graybar, Ferguson, Fastenal, Home Depot Pro, Lowe's Pro, and regional supply houses are all in the built-in pattern library. Materials, tools, and equipment purchases are categorized correctly on the first run without any manual setup.

How does it handle Zelle payments to subcontractors? +

Payments to individuals via Zelle and Venmo are flagged for your review as potential Contract Labor. You confirm or correct each one. Anyone over $600 year-to-date is added to the 1099 review queue.

What if I mix personal and business on the same card? +

LedgerAI detects common personal vendors (grocery stores, streaming services, clothing retailers, food delivery) and flags them as personal charges. You confirm which ones are truly personal and they are separated from your business P&L. This is one of the most common issues for contractors who use one card for everything.

Can it track materials costs by job? +

LedgerAI categorizes to the right expense accounts in QuickBooks. Job costing is handled by QB's built-in class tracking, which LedgerAI's corrections feed into correctly.

Can I run a review on past years? +

Yes. The Pro plan supports full-year books reviews on any date range going back to 2020. If you have a backlog of messy QuickBooks, run the review on the years you need cleaned up. The first run catches the most; every review after is faster as the system learns your vendors.

Will it change my existing QuickBooks data? +

Only miscategorized or uncategorized transactions are updated, and only after you approve the changes. Every correction shows before and after so you know exactly what changed. Nothing is written to QuickBooks until you click approve.

Can I cancel anytime? +

Yes. Cancel anytime from your dashboard. No cancellation fees, no lock-in. Your QuickBooks data stays exactly as-is.

Connect QuickBooks and see what your books have been missing.

Run a books review, catch every miscategorized materials purchase and missed subcontractor 1099, and hand your CPA exactly what they need. 14-day free trial.

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