Contractor software for New York City home improvement work.
Five boroughs, one license, one sales tax rate and a Department of Buildings that asks for your HIC number. BuilderVP keeps that number, the city's rate and New York's contract notices on every job, from a Park Slope brownstone to a Staten Island addition.
Your investment starts at $79 a month for your company. Subcontractors, vendors and homeowners are free.
New job in Brooklyn, NY 11215
From the address alone
| Line | BrooklynNY 11215 |
|---|---|
| Tax areaPub. 718 | New York Citycode 8081 |
| Rate chargedPub. 718 | 8.875%with the commuter tax |
| License on the contractCounty and city law | New York Cityhome improvement contractor license |
| Notices on the contractGBL 771, PPL 428 | Mechanic’s lien, deposits, the right to cancelwith the cancellation form |
| Held back untilProposal check | Start and completion dates, insurance and deposit details are in |
| After signingForm ST-124 | Certificate of Capital Improvementsigned by the client, countersigned by you |
What New York City asks of your paperwork, and what BuilderVP does with it.
Your HIC license
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection licenses home improvement contractors for remodeling and repairs, and for patios, driveways and fences beside a home. An applicant enrolls in the city's Trust Fund or posts a $20,000 surety bond, and an owner or principal passes the home improvement exam.
In BuilderVPYour HIC number goes in Settings once and prints on every contract.
Permits
New York City keeps its own construction code. Alteration applications for one to four family homes and for co-op, condo or rental units ask for the contractor's HIC license number.
Sources: NYC Buildings, permits, NY Department of State
In BuilderVPThe drawings, scans and documents an expediter needs live on the job, and the expediter sees only their own part of it.
Sales tax
Jobs anywhere in the five boroughs are taxed at 8.875% under reporting code 8081, including the commuter district tax.
Source: Publication 718
In BuilderVPA Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan or Staten Island ZIP puts the job in the city's tax area.
And everywhere in New York
The contract
BuilderVP writes those notices into every New York home improvement contract and keeps them there whatever your own wording says. A contract is held back until its start date, substantial completion date, insurance carrier and deposit details are filled in.
Deposits
Each job chooses escrow or a bond, and the contract says which, with your bank or bond details filled in from Settings.
A contract signed at the home
Every New York contract in BuilderVP carries the statement and the form, and the homeowner can also cancel from their project portal inside the three days.
How BuilderVP handles New York's rules, with every county's sales tax rate.
From the first call to the final invoice.
1
Book the visit
Calls, texts, forms and online booking land in one inbox with the lead source on them.
2
Draw the job
Load a RENDR scan or a floor plan and place your own catalog items where they go.
3
Price it
The estimate fills in from your catalog, with every quantity naming where it came from.
4
Sign it
Present on the iPad and have the proposal and contract signed at the table.
5
Build it
Order the materials, put the crew and subs on the schedule, log each day from the field app, and invoice from the same job.
Questions from New York City contractors
Does BuilderVP file Department of Buildings permits?
No. Filing stays with the Department of Buildings. BuilderVP keeps the drawings, scans and documents the filing needs on the job and brings your expediter in to see their own work.
Does BuilderVP work for apartment and co-op renovations?
Yes. A job is any address you work at. Draw the unit from a scan or a floor plan, price it from your catalog and sign it with your HIC number on the contract.
What sales tax does BuilderVP use in the five boroughs?
8.875%, New York City's combined rate in Publication 718, with the ST-124 made after signing when the job is a capital improvement.
Nearby
Sources
- Home Improvement Contractor License Application ChecklistNew York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
- Home Improvement Contractor LicenseNew York City Department of Buildings
- Home Improvement Contractor Permit RequirementsNew York City Department of Buildings
- Legal Memorandum LG03, the Uniform Fire Prevention and Building CodeNew York State Department of State
- Publication 718, New York State Sales and Use Tax Rates by Jurisdiction, effective March 1, 2025New York State Department of Taxation and Finance
- General Business Law section 771, home improvement contractsNew York State Senate
- Home Improvement Fact SheetNew York State Office of the Attorney General
- Lien Law section 71-a, home improvement contract paymentsNew York State Senate
- Personal Property Law section 428, the buyer's right to cancel a sale made at homeNew York State Senate
BuilderVP is software, not legal or tax advice. Rules and rates change; each one here links to the office that publishes it. Have your attorney review your contract wording once, and BuilderVP keeps it on every job.
Bring a New York City job you are pricing now.
We will draw it, price it from your catalog and build the proposal with you in BuilderVP, in about thirty minutes.