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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