So here is the big picture. A woman wants her 2 back decks pressure washed and stained. I told her I do not stain decks but I know a guy who does (though we have never worked together). I gave her a bid to wash both decks to prep for stain and i also gave her a bid to surface clean the driveway. I told her i would have my painter give me a bid to stain both decks after I prepped for stain.
My guy gave me his price to stain both decks and the deal is im getting 10% of his quote for the referral.
My question is, how the heck do i write this stuff up for the invoice?
Payment is split around the range of 1K for my work and 2K for his work.
Do I write up one invoice, she pays it all to me, then i pay him his cut?
Do i write one invoice and her pay that, then he writes one and pays me 10% once she pays him?
If you don’t stain decks, don’t invoice for staining decks. Nothing good ever comes from that. Let him deal with her. If you are bound to proceed, just write him a check for what you owe him, minus the 10%. Make sure you have his insurance info, tax info to 1099 him and copy of workers comp.
I just changed my entire comment lol…So im thinking im just going to do my own invoice for washing and he can invoice her for painting. then he can just pay me my cut. So that i dont hold liability if he messes something up
Bingo. I don’t take a percentage unless I am subbing out a washing job. Other than that I don’t take money for referrals. Not that there is anything wrong with it, I just don’t won’t the hassle of trying to keep up with it.
I have a gutter cleaning contractor that I work with and they do all of their own billing, and then at the end of each month they just send me a commission check.
I let my accountant do this stuff but on a side note I do have an insurance clause that covers me for potential problems with subcontractors. I can’t recall all of the details but my broker arranged it may want to look into that. Good luck.
