For trades and contractors
Snap it at the lumberyard.
Invoice it from the truck.
Carpenters, electricians, plumbers, roofers, renovation crews. PeaceBooks keeps the paperwork out of your evenings, so the work you're good at gets your best hours.
Every receipt, before you leave the till
Take a picture at the counter. PeaceBooks reads the store, the date, the total and the GST, and guesses what it was for: materials, tools, fuel, repairs. You check it and you're done. Long receipt? Add a page. Bought it online? Forward the email to your own PeaceBooks address.
Invoices your customers understand
Say the invoice
“Invoice Dave Martin for 300 labour repairing the roof and 200 materials.” PeaceBooks fills in the invoice for you to check, with the right tax for your province.
Send it from your phone
Email or text it as a PDF with your own logo and colours. Your customer gets a link to see and save it.
Know who still owes you
Customers still owe you shows every unpaid invoice and how long it's been. When the money comes in, PeaceBooks matches it to the invoice.
Estimates and repeat work
In advanced mode, send an estimate, turn it into an invoice when the customer says yes, or set up an invoice that repeats every month.
Which job made money?
Run a renovation crew and flip a house on the side? Add each one as its own business in PeaceBooks. Pick the business when you save a receipt, and see the income, expenses and profit of each one, or all together, right on your phone. Ask a plain question like “How did the flip do this year?” and get a plain answer.
Crews, subs and the truck
- Paying a subcontractor? Record it as an expense with their name, so you can see what you paid each one.
- Employees? Type the full pay before tax. PeaceBooks shows “Paid to Mike” and “For the government”, with the CRA's own formulas, and makes the T4 figures.
- Your own truck? Keep a simple mileage log as you go, or set the business share of the truck and its bills are split for you.
- Paid for something with your own card? Choose “Paid with my own money”, and PeaceBooks keeps track of what the business owes you.