By Tammy Hoang, QuickBooks ProAdvisor — Construction Bookkeeping Specialist | Construction Cost Accounting (949) 889-3283 | constructioncostaccounting.com An HVAC contractor carries more material value than almost any other trade. A single condenser or air handler can run into the thousands. Add the parts on every truck — capacitors, contactors, motors, filters — and the refrigerant that's both expensive and regulated, and you've got serious money rolling around the county

By Tammy Hoang, QuickBooks ProAdvisor — Construction Bookkeeping Specialist | Construction Cost Accounting (949) 889-3283 | constructioncostaccounting.com Here's the problem with most HVAC contractor bookkeeping: it treats an HVAC business like one company, when really you're running three. You've got install — new systems, replacements, new construction — the big-ticket work that puts five figures on a single job. You've got service — the repairs, the emergency calls, the