Accounting, Automation, & Growth for Home Improvement Contractors
Find the risk. Find the waste. Fix both.
Could Your Next Sales Tax Audit Cost You Thousands?
Most contractors don't know how much financial exposure can be created by missing documentation, and manual accounting processes.
Primary Assessment
Calculate My Audit Risk* Interest & Penalties Hurt
Secondary Assessment
Calculate My Office Savings* Your Office & CPA are over paid
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Built for NJ & NY contractors and real-property service businesses
Our Solution:
Identify Audit Risk
Understand potential sales-tax exposure and documentation weaknesses.
Find Wasted Office Time
See how much administrative work your office may be performing manually.
Automate your procedures
Implement QBO, payroll and automated workflows designed around your business.
Help you Grow
Lift the stress off these areas so you can focus on business growth.
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Contractor Sales Tax Audit Risk
Model illustrative NJ and NY exposure scenarios using your revenue, purchases, certificate retention (ST-8 / ST-124), receipt retention and reconciliation habits — with separate calculation engines for each state.
Start the assessmentOffice Automation & QBO Savings
Inventory what your office does today, then see a task-level estimate of the administrative hours that QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Payroll and workflow automation could potentially reduce.
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Sales-tax treatment is not identical across businesses or projects. Whether a specific job or purchase is taxable depends on the nature of the work, the contract and applicable state and local rules.
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Built From a Real Contractor's Experience
A NJ landscape design company hired me to represent them as Power of Attorney during a New Jersey State audit.
During the audit, I reconciled discrepancies between the company's manual accounting records and the amounts reported on their tax returns. I also manually reconstructed and documented the company's sales-tax records across the audit period, helping establish that the appropriate sales tax had been paid.
The process ultimately helped the company avoid tens of thousands of dollars in potential additional liability.
But I didn't stop with the audit.
I transitioned the company's accounting system from paper records and QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online and integrated payroll workflows. According to the company, the new system reduced the office manager's accounting-related workload by more than 80%.
The result was a more organized accounting system, better visibility into the company's financial records, and a much more streamlined office workflow.
This experience inspired Liftoff Ledger.
I've created Liftoff Ledger to show business owners what can happen when accounting is properly organized, documentation is maintained, and repetitive office work is automated. We also work with a CPA firm that offers our clients high quality Tax Prep services
Protect your hard-earned money. Spend less time in the office. Spend more time growing your business.
Let's Talk About Your Business
Every company is different. Pricing depends on your accounting system, revenue, transaction volume, employees, payroll needs, automation requirements and level of ongoing support.
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