In the truck & the kitchen drawer
The shoebox of receipts
Fuel slips in the console, supplier invoices in a drawer, parts receipts in your phone photos. Nothing’s lost, exactly — it’s just nowhere you can use it.
Calgary & Alberta · 100% remote
Your books, handled.
Your books, handled.
Your Sundays, back.
Sanav Books is bookkeeping built only for trade contractors — plumbers, HVAC and electricians. Receipts sorted, GST tracked, your books reconciled every single month, and polite reminders sent for unpaid invoices — for one flat rate. The paperwork pile that’s been holding your business back? It’s ours now.
- Flat monthly rate
- No contract — cancel in 30 days
- You keep your accountant
Nobody got into the trades to do paperwork
For most owner-operators, the books eat 6–10 hours a month — usually on Sunday nights, usually behind. If any of this is your house right now, you’re exactly who Sanav Books is for.
After supper, again
Invoicing at 10 p.m.
The job’s done, but the invoice hasn’t gone out — so the customer hasn’t paid. Late invoices are the quietest cash-flow killer in the trades.
Every quarter, like clockwork
The GST scramble
The return is due, the numbers are in three different piles, and your accountant needs a clean summary you don’t have. Stress, on a deadline, four times a year.
At year-end
The accountant’s big bill
When the year arrives in a box, your accountant bills accountant rates to sort it out. A tidy year-end package from us makes their job — and their invoice — smaller.
Everything we take off your plate
One flat monthly rate covers the whole paperwork pile. No hourly meter running, no surprise bills.
Receipts & invoices organizedEvery receipt categorized and filed digitally, in a system you can open too.
Monthly reconciliationBank and credit card accounts reconciled every month — not at year-end.
Plain-English monthly summaryMoney in, money out, and where it went — one page, no accounting-speak.
GST tracked & return preparedGST tracked all quarter, and the return math done and ready before the deadline.
Unpaid invoices tracked & polite remindersWe keep a list of who owes you and nudge your customers about overdue invoices, so you don’t have to be the bad guy.
Year-end package for your accountantA reconciled, tidy year handed over ready for tax filing — the thing that shrinks their bill.
One boundary, said up front: we prepare, organize and reconcile — we’re not your accountant. Tax filing and tax advice stay with your CPA. That line keeps you protected and keeps us honest.
Built for your trade, not every business on earth
Sanav Books works with owner-operated trade shops — roughly 1 to 10 people — in Calgary and across Alberta. We learn how your trade actually bills, buys and gets paid, instead of handing you a generic small-business checklist.
Plumbers
Service calls all day, emergency calls at night — and a glovebox full of parts receipts in between.
- Parts & supplier receipts captured before they fade
- Unpaid invoices tracked so finished jobs don’t slip through unpaid
- Know which jobs actually made money
HVAC
Furnace season buries you in installs and no-heat calls. The books shouldn’t be one more breakdown.
- Seasonal rush handled — books stay current in peak months
- Equipment purchases & warranties filed where you can find them
- GST ready before the quarter-end deadline, every time
Electricians
Between rough-ins, finals and service work, material costs pile up per job — and so does the paper.
- Material receipts sorted month by month, job-ready
- Outstanding invoices tracked until they’re paid
- A monthly profit picture you can read in two minutes
Run a different trade shop — landscaping, renovations, general contracting? If you’re an Alberta contractor with 1–10 people and a paperwork pile, the same system fits. Ask us on the call.
Flat monthly pricing, in the open
Two plans, priced in Canadian dollars. Retainers bill on the 1st of the month. No lock-in — cancel with 30 days’ notice.
Receipt Ready
For the contractor drowning in a shoebox of receipts.
$300 /month
- Monthly transaction categorization (up to 120 transactions)
- Receipts & invoices organized in a shared digital filing system
- Bank & credit card statements organized
- Monthly email summary: money in, money out, top expenses
- Year-end tidy package ready for your accountant
Books & GST Handled
For the contractor who wants the books done and the GST off their plate.
$550 /month
- Everything in Receipt Ready, plus:
- Full monthly bookkeeping — bank + card reconciliation
- Accounts receivable tracking + polite payment reminders
- GST tracking + quarter-end return preparation
- Monthly profit & loss + balance sheet, one-page plain-English summary
- Quarterly 30-minute review call
Behind on the books? Start with a cleanup.
Starting a few months behind is the normal starting point. Cleanups are one flat fee — you know the whole cost before we start, and it never depends on how long the work happens to take us. Once you’re current, a monthly plan keeps you there. Year-end close for your accountant: flat $250.
Small cleanup
$300 flat
1–3 months behind, one bank or credit card account, statements ready to go.
Medium cleanup
$600 flat
3–6 months behind, a couple of accounts, some receipts missing or unsorted.
Large cleanup
from $1,200 flat
6–12+ months behind, multiple accounts, or statements in rough shape. Final price set after a free look at your books — before any work starts.
Not sure which size yours is? We’ll take a quick free look and confirm one flat price in writing before any work starts — no hourly billing, ever.
All prices CAD. No contract, no lock-in — 30-day cancellation on every plan.
How it works
No office visits, no onboarding marathon. Phone, email and screen share — that’s the whole operation.
Step 1
A free 15-minute call
We ask who does your books now, how far behind you are, and where the receipts live. In the first 5 minutes we’ll tell you straight whether we can actually help — no pitch if we can’t.
Step 2
Cleanup, if you’re behind
Months of backlog get cleared first for one flat fee — $300 for a small cleanup, $600 for a medium one, and large cleanups from $1,200 with the final price set after a free look at your books. You approve the full price before any work starts.
Step 3
Hand over the pile
Snap receipts with your phone or drop them in a shared folder. Statements come to us digitally. That’s your whole job from here on.
Step 4
The monthly rhythm
Books reconciled every month, a plain-English summary in your inbox, GST ready before every deadline, and a tidy package for your accountant at year-end.
The Sanav promise
“Sanav” was chosen for one reason: the feeling you get when a weight comes off. That’s the product. Everything below is how we keep delivering it.
Trades only
We don’t do restaurants, retail or realtors. Just trade contractors — so your books are handled by someone who knows what a service call, a supply house run and a progress invoice actually are.
Plain English, always
Every summary and every number — explained like we’d explain it across a workbench. If you need a glossary to read your own profit report, we’ve failed.
Flat rate, no meter
One monthly price, agreed before we start, billed on the 1st. No hourly billing on your retainer, no lock-in, and a 30-day exit if it’s ever not worth it.
Straight answers
Are you my accountant?
No — and we’ll say that on every call. Sanav Books prepares, organizes and reconciles your books month to month. Tax filing and tax advice stay with your CPA. What changes is what you hand them: a clean, reconciled year instead of a box, which usually means a smaller year-end bill.
Do you file my GST return?
We track GST all quarter and prepare the complete return — every number worked out and ready. You (or your accountant) click submit. Preparing is the hard, time-eating part; that’s the part we take over.
I’m months behind. Is that a problem?
It’s the normal starting point, honestly. We begin with a flat-fee catch-up cleanup — $300 for a small one, $600 for a medium one, and large cleanups from $1,200 with the final price set after a free look at your books — so you approve the whole cost before work starts. No hourly billing, ever. Once you’re current, a monthly plan keeps you there.
Is there a contract or lock-in?
No. Plans bill monthly on the 1st and cancel with 30 days’ notice. We’d rather earn the next month than trap you in this one.
How do I actually get you my receipts?
Phone photos or a shared digital folder — whatever you’ll actually do consistently. Everything is 100% remote: phone, email and screen share. No office visits, no dropping off boxes.
Which businesses do you work with?
Owner-operated trade contractors in Calgary and across Alberta — plumbers, HVAC and electricians first, plus landscapers, renovators and other trade shops of roughly 1–10 people. If you’re outside the trades, we’ll tell you on the call and point you somewhere better suited.
What does the free call actually involve?
Fifteen minutes. We ask about your current setup, how far behind the books are, and what’s eating your time. Then we recommend exactly one plan — or tell you honestly if you don’t need us yet. No pressure either way.
Book your free 15-minute call
Tell us where the paperwork stands. We’ll reply to set up a short call, tell you in the first 5 minutes whether we can help, and recommend one plan if we can. That’s the whole pitch.
- Email us at sanavbooks@gmail.com
- Based in Calgary, serving trade contractors across Alberta — 100% remote
- The call is 15 minutes, and we keep to it — tradespeople’s time is billable