Accounting Built for Restaurants & Hospitality
Restaurants run on thin margins, heavy payroll, tip reporting and daily sales tax — where small accounting errors compound fast. We keep the books tight so you can see your real numbers and stay compliant.
- Tip reporting & payroll
- Food & labor cost tracking
- Sales-tax filing
- Filed by a CPA & EA team
Hospitality is a thin-margin, high-volume business: lots of payroll, tip reporting, daily sales tax and food costs that can quietly sink a location. Tight books are what keep a restaurant profitable. Here's how we help.
Payroll and tip reporting done right
Restaurant payroll is uniquely complex — tipped wages, tip credits, and reporting requirements that carry real penalties if mishandled.
- Payroll run correctly for tipped and non-tipped staff
- Tip reporting and allocation handled to stay compliant
- The relevant payroll-tax filings prepared and filed
Watching the numbers that actually matter
In hospitality, food cost and labor cost percentages decide whether a location makes money. We track them so you can act before a bad month becomes a bad quarter.
- Food and labor costs tracked as a percentage of sales
- Daily sales reconciled across POS, cash and card
- Sales tax collected and filed on the right schedule
Check sales-tax rates by location with the sales tax rate lookup.
Explore related help
Bookkeeping service · Sales tax rate lookup · Virtual CFO services · Cash-flow forecasting.
Frequently asked questions
Can you handle tip reporting and payroll?
Yes. Tipped-wage payroll and compliant tip reporting are core to what we do for restaurants and hospitality businesses.
Do you track food and labor cost?
Yes. We track food and labor as a percentage of sales so you can see margin problems early and act on them.
Can you file my sales tax?
Yes. We reconcile daily sales and file your sales tax on the correct schedule for your location.
How much does restaurant accounting cost?
Plans start at $279/mo depending on locations and volume. Get a free quote for an exact figure.
Run a tighter, more profitable kitchen
Get hospitality-ready books, payroll and tax filing from one CPA & EA team.
Get my free quoteTalk to a CPAHow we file taxes for restaurants & hospitality
Filing for this industry has its own forms, dates and deductions. Here's exactly what a restaurants & hospitality return involves when we prepare it.
The forms
1120-S/1065 with tip reporting (Form 8027 for large establishments), FICA tip credit on Form 8846, sales-tax returns, payroll across high staff turnover, 1099s for gig/event staff.
The deadlines
Sales tax typically monthly; Form 8027 by end of February; entity returns March 15; payroll deposits are the discipline that keeps restaurants alive with the IRS. Full calendar on our 2026 deadlines page.
The deductions that matter here
FICA tip credit (a dollar-for-dollar credit most restaurants under-claim), equipment and build-out depreciation, food spoilage/comps documented properly, delivery-platform commissions.
Filing FAQ
What is the FICA tip credit worth?
A credit for the employer payroll taxes paid on tips above minimum-wage thresholds — for a tipped-staff restaurant it's routinely thousands per year, and it's claimed at filing on Form 8846.
Delivery apps send us 1099-Ks. How do those fit?
They report gross orders before the platform's commission — your books must show gross revenue and the commission expense separately so the return matches what the IRS receives.