Financial First Responders · Baton Rouge, LA

Your business
is working.
Your books
aren't.

You're busy, you're billing, and your crew shows up every day. But you can't tell if you actually made money last month — and that uncertainty is costing you.

See if this is you
No judgment · No contracts · Free first call
Does this sound like you?
You had a great month of sales but the bank account doesn't show it
Your books are months behind and you're scared to find out what's in there
You give bids by gut feel because you don't know your actual job costs
Tax time turns into a panic — scrambling to find receipts from eight months ago
You can't tell if you can afford another truck, another tech, or a raise

Bad books aren't a bookkeeping problem.
They're a business problem.

When your numbers are a mess, every decision you make is a guess. Here's what that actually costs trade business owners.

01

You don't know which jobs make money

You're doing $500K in revenue and working 60-hour weeks, but you're not sure you're actually profitable. Some jobs feel good. Some feel like you bled out. Without job costing, you're guessing every time you write a bid.

"We kept winning more work and somehow felt more broke every month."
02

Cash flow surprises are running your life

You're profitable on paper but can't make payroll Friday. Or tax season hits and there's a bill you never saw coming. Cash flow problems don't mean your business is failing — they usually mean nobody is watching the calendar.

"The IRS said I owed $28K. My bookkeeper said everything was fine."
03

You can't make decisions because you don't have data

Should you hire another tech? Buy or lease the new truck? Take on that big commercial contract? Every one of those decisions needs numbers behind it. If your books are three months behind, you're flying blind.

"I hired two guys based on how busy we felt. The books said we couldn't afford one."
04

Tax time is a fire drill every year

The same thing happens every January: your CPA asks for records you don't have, you spend weeks digging through bank statements, and you pay more than you should because nobody was tracking deductions in real time.

"My CPA found $18K in deductions I'd been leaving on the table for three years."

Messy books
aren't free.

Every month without clean financials is a month you're overpaying taxes, underpricing jobs, and making decisions on bad information.

Underpriced jobs
Without job costing, most contractors underprice their most profitable work types and overload the ones that bleed money. This compounds every bid.
Missed deductions
Tools, fuel, mileage, home office, equipment depreciation — these disappear without real-time tracking. Contractors leave thousands on the table every year just from deductions no one was watching.
Late fees and penalties
Payroll taxes, estimated taxes, sales tax — all carry penalties that hit hard when you're not watching the calendar. Completely avoidable.
Decisions made on bad data
Every hire, every equipment decision, every price increase you delayed — it adds up. Clear numbers don't just save money. They give you your time back.
Real cleanups we've done
HVAC contractor · Baton Rouge
14 months behind on books. Found $40K in uncategorized expenses being taxed as income. Recovered three years of missed equipment depreciation.
$40K+ recovered

Electrical contractor · growing crew
Couldn't figure out why payroll felt impossible despite a record revenue year. Job costing revealed two service types were being sold at a net loss.
Margin fixed in 60 days

Plumbing company · 3 trucks
IRS audit triggered by sloppy expense categorization. Clean books and proper records meant no penalties. Previous three years amended and refunded.
$0 penalties · refund issued

From flying blind to running the numbers

Right now
Tax bills that blindside you
Bids priced on instinct, not data
Months behind, scared to look
Payroll Friday stress
No way to know if a hire makes sense
Scrambling every January for your CPA
Revenue looks good, bank account doesn't
After we're done
Quarterly tax estimates, no surprises
Job costing that tells you what to charge
Books closed by the 10th, every month
90-day cash flow you can count on
Hire or hold decisions backed by data
Year-end is a non-event. Your CPA thanks you.
You know your numbers. Every month.
Free
Checkup call first
30-minute call to assess exactly where your books stand. We tell you what's wrong and what it costs to fix it. No commitment.
10th
Books closed every month
Clean P&L, balance sheet, and plain-English summary by the 10th. No chasing. No lag.
90 days
Cash flow visibility
See where your cash is going and when. No more Friday morning dread before payroll runs.
Xero
Certified
not QuickBooks
$0
Setup fee
no contracts to sign
< 24h
First response
to every checkup call
10th
Books closed by
every single month
Jeremy Brewer, founder of 911 Bookkeepers LLC
Founder & Lead Bookkeeper
Why we're different

Built by someone who's been on the job site

Jeremy Brewer spent years as a licensed paramedic and HVAC field worker before becoming a bookkeeper. He didn't come from a CPA firm. He came from the trades.

That means he understands what it's like to run a crew, price a job, and wonder at the end of the month where the money went. He built 911 Bookkeepers because most bookkeeping firms don't understand what a contractor's books need to look like.

We use Xero — not because it's the cheapest option, but because it's the right tool for job costing, cash flow forecasting, and the kind of clean reporting that actually helps you run your business.

Xero Certified Licensed Paramedic HVAC Field Background Baton Rouge, LA
How we work with you
Free checkup call first
We assess where your books are and tell you exactly what it'll take to fix them. No commitment.
Catch-up first, then monthly
If you're behind, we get you current before monthly maintenance. You know the full scope upfront.
Monthly dashboard, plain English
Every month you get a report you can actually read. Not spreadsheet soup. Numbers you can use.
You talk to a person
No offshore team, no ticket queue. A dedicated bookkeeper who knows your business.

The books aren't the story. The business is.

HVAC Contractor — Baton Rouge, LA
★★★★★

"We were 14 months behind and dreading an audit. 911 Bookkeepers had us current in five weeks and caught $40K we'd overpaid in subcontractor costs. Now I actually know which jobs make money."

5 weeks to current • $40K recovered
Plumbing Contractor — Denham Springs, LA
★★★★★

"I used to dread opening my email in January. Now tax season is just another month. My CPA actually complimented my books. Three years of chaos cleaned up and I never had to explain the business to them — they already got it."

3 years cleaned up • Tax season stress gone
HVAC Contractor — Zachary, LA
★★★★★

"Jeremy figured out we were losing money on residential service calls. We had no idea the margin was underwater. We repriced in April and hit our best margin ever by July."

Repriced April • Best margin in July

Plans built for where you are

No setup fees. Month-to-month after the first quarter. Catch-up work quoted separately after your free checkup.

Starter Plan
First Responder

For owner-operators who need clean books and no surprises every month.

$297 /mo
billed annually

Monthly reconciliation
Up to 2 bank/credit accounts
Quarterly P&L + Balance Sheet
Email support, 48h response
Premium Plan
Battalion Chief

For multi-crew shops that need a full finance command center, not just bookkeeping.

$977 /mo
billed annually

Everything in Engine Company
Unlimited accounts + full payroll
Weekly cash-flow update
Monthly CFO strategy call
Priority line, same-day response

Straight talk for contractors
who actually want to understand their numbers

You built the business.
Let us fix the books.

Free 30-minute checkup. We'll tell you exactly what's wrong, what it'll cost to fix, and what your books should look like going forward.

(225) 274-6576

No judgment · No contracts · No commitment · We've seen worse