Bookkeeping for Michigan contractors.

• Tax and entity context

  Michigan applies a flat personal income tax rate. Several cities levy their own local income tax on top, so businesses operating across municipal lines have an extra layer to handle correctly.

• Season and demand

  Long, severe winters make heating the dominant load, and the cooling season is short. Freeze-thaw cycles drive burst pipes and emergency call volume that arrives all at once rather than steadily.

• The market

  A repair and replacement market with older housing stock and a substantial industrial base. Seasonality is sharp enough that shoulder-season cash planning matters more here than in warmer states.

We work with contractors across Michigan, including Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Ann Arbor and Lansing. Everything runs remotely and through scheduled calls, so where you are in the state makes no difference to how quickly you get answers.

• HVAC

  I was doing books at the kitchen table at 11 at night after a full day of service calls. My wife finally told me it wasn't sustainable. First month ADB took over, they found $12,000 in expenses I'd never categorized right — parts, fuel, the works. I got my evenings back and I found out I'd been underpricing my maintenance agreements for two years.

• HVAC

  In summer we're drowning, in winter we're wondering where the money went. Nobody I'd worked with before understood that rhythm. These guys built the books so I can actually see what my slow months cost me, and now I plan for them instead of panicking in February.

• HVAC

  Honestly I said yes because the first month was free and I figured I'd get what I paid for. Then I got the report back and it was cleaner than anything my last bookkeeper sent me in 5 years. I signed on the same week.

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