Construction
Job costing, WIP, AIA billing, retainage, the Texas lump-sum vs separated sales-tax contract rules, margin-tax COGS, and subcontractor 1099s.
Construction accountingTexas · Industry Accounting
Texas accounting, built for your industry.
Texas's tax rules hit every industry differently — the lump-sum vs separated sales-tax contract rules for construction, the manufacturing machinery exemption, heavy property tax and trust records for real estate, IFTA for trucking, insurance-AR for healthcare, the margin-tax compensation deduction for professional firms, the trust-account rule and IOLTA for law firms, the mixed beverage taxes for restaurants, and the remote-seller rules for e-commerce. We build the books around what your industry actually needs, by your TechBrot team, with every close reviewed by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
Monthly bookkeeping: $500–$2,500+ a monthWhat sets the price
§ The short version
Texas industry accounting from TechBrot covers nine Texas-weighted verticals, from construction and trucking to law firms, restaurants and e-commerce, each built around the Texas rule that shapes its books: lump-sum or separated construction contracts, IFTA for carriers, the 6.7% mixed beverage gross receipts tax for bars. Monthly bookkeeping runs $500–$2,500+/mo.
§ 01 · Texas-weighted verticals
Nine Texas industries we build books for.
Each page is built around that industry’s Texas-specific accounting — not a keyword swap.
Manufacturing
Inventory and standard costing, the Texas manufacturing machinery & equipment sales-tax exemption, clean COGS for the margin tax, and equipment on the BPP rendition.
Manufacturing accountingReal Estate
Multi-entity ledgers, broker and property-management trust records, heavy Texas property tax, 1031 documentation, and agent commissions — records only, never holding funds.
Real estate accountingTrucking & Transportation
Cost per mile, IFTA fuel-tax records, IRP apportioned registration, owner-operator 1099s, the federal HVUT, and trucks on the BPP rendition.
Trucking accountingHealthcare
Insurance-AR and reimbursement reconciliation, provider payroll, the PLLC margin tax, and equipment on the BPP rendition — from financial data only, no PHI.
Healthcare accountingProfessional Services
Project profitability, partner draws, and the margin-tax compensation deduction for consultancies, agencies, and other professional firms.
Professional servicesLaw Firms
Operating books, matter costs, and the monthly close, plus IOLTA trust ledgers and three-way reconciliation under Texas Rule 1.15 — records only, never holding client funds.
Law firm accountingRestaurants & Bars
Daily POS-to-bank reconciliation, alcohol sales split for the mixed beverage gross receipts and sales taxes, sales tax by location, and tips through payroll.
Restaurant accountingE-commerce
Channel payouts reconciled to the bank, marketplace sales kept apart, the remote-seller safe harbor and single local use tax rate, and inventory tied to cost of goods.
E-commerce accountingDon’t see your industry? Nonprofits, SaaS, home services, and others are served via our global industry pages — with the Texas specifics built into your file. Tell us what you do
§ 02 · Around this page
Around Texas.
Texas QuickBooks ProAdvisor & bookkeeping
The state page: services, industries, cities and the Texas tax terms in one place.Also in Texas
Texas cities
Not sure where your file stands? Start with the free QuickBooks file review · how Texas compares: state-by-state tax quirks.
§ 03 · Questions
Texas industry accounting questions.
What industries do you serve in Texas?
We build dedicated, Texas-specific books for nine state-weighted verticals: construction, manufacturing, real estate, trucking and transportation, healthcare, professional services (consultancies and agencies), law firms, restaurants and bars, and e-commerce. Each is built around that industry’s Texas rules — not a keyword swap. Industries not listed are served through our global industry pages, with the Texas specifics applied to your file.
Why does my industry need Texas-specific accounting?
Because Texas’s rules hit each industry differently: the lump-sum vs separated sales-tax contract treatment for construction, the machinery exemption for manufacturing, heavy property tax and trust accounting for real estate, IFTA and IRP for trucking, insurance-AR reconciliation for healthcare, the franchise (margin) tax compensation deduction for professional firms, the trust-account rule and IOLTA for law firms, the mixed beverage taxes for restaurants and bars, and the remote-seller rules for e-commerce — on top of no state income tax and the BPP rendition for everyone. A generic setup misses these, and fixing them later is a cleanup.
What if my industry isn’t one of the nine?
We still serve you — through our global industry pages — with the Texas specifics (the franchise/margin tax, 8.25% sales tax by location, the BPP rendition) applied to your file. The nine listed here are the verticals where Texas creates genuinely distinct requirements; everywhere else, the Texas stack still gets built in.
Do you work in my own QuickBooks file?
Yes — your file, your data, in QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop, with a senior bookkeeper assigned to your file, and every close reviewed by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor before it reaches you, connected to the tools your industry runs on.
Do you hold client or trust funds for real estate or law firms?
No. For real estate brokers/property managers and for law firms, we keep the trust-account records and reconciliations accurate, but we never hold, control, or disburse client or escrow funds — those stay with you and your bank. We keep the books and records behind them right.
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