Compliance for Painting businesses
Runs the deadline calendar for every license, cert, insurance policy, permit, and 1099 — and preps the paperwork.
How painting shops run the numbers
- Typical labor rate: $65/hr
- Material markup: 50%
- Target margin: 35%
- Minimum job: $350
Industry ballparks — Automic Trades pre-fills these for your painting shop, then tunes to your books.
What the Compliance does
- Tracks every license, certification, and insurance policy and warns you at 60, 30, 14, 7, and 1 days before expiry
- Runs the permit lifecycle on a calendar — applications, fee deadlines, inspection scheduling, failed-inspection follow-up, and closeout — surfacing each step for you to sign and submit
- Builds year-end 1099-NEC prep packets for every contractor paid above the IRS threshold ($2,000 for TY2026+)
- Surfaces your current certificate of insurance when a commercial customer asks for one
- Flags a compliance item you likely need but have not logged, based on your trade and state
- Keeps a timestamped compliance trail for audits and insurance renewals
Why it helps painting owners
A lapsed license stops work. A missed 1099 is an IRS fine. A permit that misses its inspection window stalls the job. Compliance runs the calendar so the thing you didn't know was coming doesn't catch you.
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