Restaurants
Run the kitchen.
We'll close the books.
Tips, payroll, sales tax and food-cost reporting for restaurants and cafés, with the books closed by the 10th of every month.
The questions every owner asks.
Daniel works with restaurant owners on both sides of the Hudson.
Book a consultation
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Tips
Tip reporting and the FICA tip credit, done right.
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Payroll
Weekly payroll for front and back of house.
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Sales tax
Filed on time in New York and New Jersey.
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Food cost
A monthly report on what each plate costs you.
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We used to close the year in March. Now we close the month by the tenth and know where we stand.
Marco & Lucia Russo
Russo's Trattoria · clients since 2016
What changes when your accountant knows restaurants
A generalist
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Reconciles tips once a year
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Reports food cost as one line
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Files sales tax when reminded
A restaurant specialist
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Reconciles tips every pay run
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Tracks food cost by the month
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Files sales tax before it is due
What our clients say
Owner-run businesses from Manhattan to Montclair, in their own words.
★★★★★
We used to find out what we owed in April. Now Daniel walks us through it every quarter and the number never surprises us.
Dr. Paul Kessler
Kessler Family Dental, Montclair
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Job costing finally matches what happens on site. Our bonding company asked who does our books, which has never happened before.
Marcus Hayes
Hayes Building Co., Queens
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Tips, payroll and sales tax used to eat my Sundays. Now the books close by the tenth and I spend Sundays in the kitchen.
Tony Russo
Russo's Trattoria, Hoboken
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Denise's team made our first audit calm. Our board got a clean opinion and our grantors got their reports early.
Laura Bennett
Executive director, Riverside Pantry
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They set up our inventory accounting before the holidays and caught a sales tax problem that would have cost us thousands.
Jessica Hollis
Owner, Hollis Street Boutique
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Six rentals, two LLCs and a 1031 exchange. Robert keeps it all straight and I know my estimated payments before I ask.
Michael Grant
Real-estate investor, Brooklyn
Questions clients ask
Do you work with cafés and bars too?
Yes: restaurants, cafés, bars and catering companies.
Can you take over our payroll?
Yes. We run payroll for front and back of house, including tips.
Do you work with our point-of-sale system?
Yes. We connect the daily sales reports to the books so sales tax and revenue match.
Free consultation
Bring last year’s return. We’ll take it from there.
An hour with a partner, at our office in New York or Montclair or by video. You leave with a written scope and a fixed fee.
What to bring
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Last year’s federal and state returns
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Recent bank and card statements
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Any IRS or state notices you have received
Daniel Reed
Tax partner · replies within one business day
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