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You connect your accounts once.
Bank and card feeds link to your books. Takes about ten minutes and you never do it again.
Hobson — The Books · Position 02
Most operators find out how they did in March.
You’ll know by the 10th.
Hobson keeps your books. Every month you get a real profit & loss, a balance sheet, and a plain-English read on what actually changed. No phone calls. No chasing. No shoebox in April.
You're running blind and you know it.
Most guys running trucks have no idea what a job actually costs them. Revenue looks fine, the account keeps moving, and the real number doesn’t show up until a tax preparer hands you a bill you weren’t ready for. That’s not a bookkeeping problem. That’s a flying-blind problem.
Four steps, and three of them are ours.
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Hobson works the transactions.
Every charge and deposit gets categorized. He learns your dump fees, your fuel, your suppliers, your regulars.
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You get your numbers by the 10th.
Profit & loss, balance sheet, cash position, and a short written read on what moved and why.
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Anything he can't identify goes on a list.
Not an email. Not a phone call. A short list at the bottom of your report. Answer it or don't.
What you get every month.
- Profit & loss
- Balance sheet
- Cash position
- A written read on what changed — labor, disposal, fuel, margin
- An "Ask Owner" list of anything unidentifiable
- Books that stay current instead of getting reconstructed in April
Pricing
Three rates. Pick the one that matches your operation.
Solo
$297/mo
1 bank account, 1 card · up to 75 transactions/month · no payroll
Billed quarterly · $891 per 3 months
- Monthly P&L, balance sheet, cash position, written summary
- Year-end records package for your tax preparer
Put Hobson on the books — $297/mo
Billed quarterly. No month-to-month.
Crew
$497/mo
Up to 3 accounts · up to 200 transactions/month
Billed quarterly · $1,491 per 3 months
- 1099 contractor tracking
- Everything in Solo, plus a quarterly read on labor, disposal, and margin
Put Hobson on the books — $497/mo
Billed quarterly. No month-to-month.
Fleet
$797/mo
Up to 5 accounts · up to 400 transactions/month
Billed quarterly · $2,391 per 3 months
- Payroll records when payroll runs through an approved provider
- Everything in Crew, plus job-costing categories where the data supports it
Put Hobson on the books — $797/mo
Billed quarterly. No month-to-month.
Reports are prepared from client-provided information and are not audited or reviewed.
Starting mid-year?
Your tax preparer needs the whole year, not the part you started paying for. Catch-Up brings your books current from January forward at $200 per month of backlog, quoted once we’ve seen your statements and paid up front. Bank and card records only — no receipt collection, no reconstructing what a charge was for.
Here's what you're not buying.
Every one of these is on purpose. This stays cheap and fast because the scope doesn't move.
- He doesn't file your taxes. Not federal, not state, not sales tax. You get a clean records package and your tax preparer files it.
- He doesn't give tax advice. Ask your tax preparer.
- He doesn't run payroll. If you run payroll, it goes through a provider and the records flow into your books.
- He doesn't send your invoices or chase your money. That's your job or that's The Front Desk.
- He doesn't call you. Everything is in writing, answered within two business days.
- He doesn't chase you for paperwork. Unanswered items sit on your list until you get to them.
So who files?
Your tax preparer, and they’ll thank you for it. Most operators hand over a shoebox and pay for the hours it takes to make sense of it. You’ll hand over a full year of books that are already current, already categorized, with your 1099 list already built. Don’t have someone? We’ll point you to a firm we work with.
Before you sign up
Questions operators ask.
I've never had books at all.
That's most of the guys we work with. Nothing to migrate, nothing to fix — we build it from your bank and card activity. If you're starting mid-year, Catch-Up brings January forward so the year is filable.
Do I need QuickBooks?
No. We provision and run it. You never log in and you're not paying a separate software bill.
What if I pay guys in cash?
Then your labor cost is invisible, and a report that hides your biggest expense isn't worth paying for. If the money moves through a bank account — check, Zelle, Cash App, direct deposit — you're fine. If it's currency out of pocket, this isn't a fit yet.
What if I mix personal and business on the same card?
Common, and not a dealbreaker. Hobson codes consistently and flags what he can't place. He won't police it and he won't guess.
Can I talk to someone?
Not as part of this. Everything runs by email, answered within two business days. That's how the price stays where it is.
What if I don't answer the Ask Owner list?
The items stay on it. Your reports still ship. Anything still open at year-end goes to your tax preparer as-is.
Stop guessing what you made.
Pick your rate. Connect your accounts. Get your first report by the 10th of next month.
Reports are prepared from client-provided information and are not audited or reviewed.
Looking for the other position? Hobson — The Front Desk
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