Document checklists by industry

Know exactly what to ask for. Before you onboard.

Every industry hides its own documents. A trucking client has settlement statements; a restaurant has daily sales summaries; a law firm has a trust account you cannot get wrong. These are the request lists for the industries bookkeepers take on most. What to collect, how often, and the traps to watch for.

Transport

Trucking companies: document checklist

Settlements, fuel and IFTA, factoring, per diem. The paperwork that makes trucking books different.

Hospitality

Restaurants: document checklist

Daily sales summaries, tips, comps and delivery platforms. Where restaurant reconciliations actually break.

Trades

Construction contractors: document checklist

Job costing, retainage, lien waivers and subcontractor compliance. Collected per job, not per month.

Retail & online

Ecommerce sellers: document checklist

Payout reports, marketplace fees, sales tax and COGS. Where gross sales and bank deposits stop matching.

Property

Real estate agents: document checklist

Commission statements, splits and referral fees. Plus the multi-entity mess that follows a successful agent.

Personal services

Salons & barbershops: document checklist

Booth rent or employees, tips, retail versus service. The three things that decide how the books work.

Nonprofit

Nonprofits & churches: document checklist

Restricted funds, grant agreements, in-kind gifts and board minutes. Documents no commercial client ever has.

Professional services

Law firms: document checklist

The trust account is the whole job. Everything else is ordinary bookkeeping.

Healthcare

Medical practices: document checklist

EMR deposits, insurance remittance advice and patient AR. Plus a HIPAA conversation before you start.

Financial services

Insurance brokers: document checklist

Premium trust accounts, agency-billed versus direct-billed, and commission statements that never quite match.

Turn any checklist into a live request.

Save these lists as reusable client checklists in ClientClose, send one link, and let the reminders chase whatever is still missing.

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