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Auto repair shop bookkeeping blog
Plain-language posts about the books and numbers behind auto repair and collision shops.
QuickBooks for auto repair shops: why a repair shop’s books work differently
Why the same QuickBooks works differently once a shop management system feeds it.
Read the postYour payroll taxes may be leaving a different account than your books think
How payroll tax payments can be recorded against a different bank account than the one they leave, and why it matters.
Read the postWhy warranty and comeback work can hide in your auto repair shop’s books
The three kinds of warranty work, and where the cost of comebacks tends to disappear in the books.
Read the postBusy shop, thin profit? Check your technician efficiency
What technician efficiency means, and how paid hours that never reach a repair order show up as thinner labor profit.
Read the postBusy but short on cash: why your shop’s bank account doesn’t match your sales
Why profit on the P&L and cash in the bank can drift apart in a repair shop.
Read the postWhat’s a good profit margin for an auto repair shop?
Why there’s no single good profit margin, and why repair shops are harder to measure than most businesses.
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