Restaurant Accounting Services

Manley Garvin offers expert restaurant accounting services to help you manage costs, stay compliant, and make confident financial decisions.

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Restaurant Accounting Services That Keep Your Finances Cooking

Running a restaurant involves constant movement, managing costs, staffing, sales, and inventory, all while staying compliant and profitable. At Manley Garvin, we provide specialized restaurant accounting services that cover everything from daily bookkeeping to year-round tax planning and preparation. Our goal is to give restaurant owners the financial clarity they need to make confident decisions, streamline operations, and maximize margins.

Full-Service Financial Support Designed for Restaurants

We handle your accounting, bookkeeping, tax planning, and preparation with the same attention to detail you bring to your kitchen. From reconciling daily sales and managing vendor payments to projecting tax liabilities and filing returns, our services are tailored to the fast-paced, detail-heavy world of food service, so you can focus on serving your guests while we take care of the numbers.

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Our Restaurant Accounting Services

Manley Garvin offers restaurant-focused accounting and bookkeeping to keep your financial records accurate and up to date. Our tax planning services help you stay ahead of seasonal shifts and avoid surprises, while our tax preparation ensures timely, compliant filings that reflect your true financial picture.

Accounting and Bookkeeping

Our accounting and bookkeeping services help you organize your daily transactions and provide clear, up-to-date financials to support smarter decisions.

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Tax Planning

Manley Garvin’s tax planning services help restaurant owners prepare for seasonal shifts, manage cash flow, and identify strategies to reduce tax liability year-round.

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Tax Preparation

Our tax preparation services ensure your restaurant’s filings are accurate, timely, and fully compliant, so there are no surprises come tax season.

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Discover How Your Accounting Measures Up

Take our five-minute accounting assessment evaluation to compare your current financial practices with industry standards. You’ll gain valuable insights into what’s working, what needs improvement, and whether our restaurant accounting services are the right fit for your business.

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Don’t Let Accounting Challenges Drain Your Time and Profitability

From managing fluctuating inventory costs to staying on top of payroll and tip reporting, restaurant accounting is full of moving parts, and even small errors can lead to costly consequences. Add in complex sales tax rules and thin margins, and it’s easy to see why so many restaurant owners feel overwhelmed. But with the right partner, these challenges become manageable, and that’s where Manley Garvin comes in.

 
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Stay in Control of Costs and Cash Flow

We help you monitor food and labor costs, track vendor payments, and analyze sales trends so you can make smarter decisions and protect your margins, especially during busy and slow seasons.

Simplify Sales Tax and Tip Reporting

Our team ensures you collect, calculate, and remit sales tax correctly across jurisdictions while keeping tip tracking accurate and compliant, so you avoid penalties and stay audit-ready.

Navigate Sales Tax and Tight Margins With Expert Guidance

We can consult with you on how to navigate complex sales tax rules and tight margins, improving processes, reducing risk, and supporting smarter financial decisions.

Case Study: Timely Financials Drive Growth for Restaurant Franchise

A growing restaurant franchise was struggling with an unresponsive CPA who consistently delivered late monthly bookkeeping and failed to provide timely financial information. This left the owners without the visibility they needed to manage cash flow, track performance, or make confident business decisions.

Manley Garvin stepped in to take over all bookkeeping functions, delivering accurate monthly financials, proactive tax planning, and a custom annual budget. We committed to providing finalized financial statements by the 10th of each month, along with regular feedback and insights.

With timely financials and ongoing support, the restaurant quickly stabilized its cash flow and gained the clarity it needed to operate more strategically. The owners were able to make informed decisions, leading to stronger financial performance and continued growth.

FAQs About Accounting for Restaurants

Ideally, your books should be updated daily or weekly to keep up with high transaction volume, frequent inventory changes, and fluctuating expenses. Regular updates help you spot trends, manage costs, and make timely decisions.

Yes, we ensure tips are accurately recorded and reported and help manage payroll compliance, including overtime, withholdings, and tax filings, so you stay in compliance with labor laws and IRS requirements.

It depends on your business model, and each method has different benefits that could affect income and expenses for restaurants. Many restaurants benefit from the accrual method because it gives a clearer picture of income and expenses. We’ll help you choose the best approach based on your goals, operations, and compliance needs.

Accounting for More Starts Here

From minimizing tax burdens to guiding major financial decisions, our team is committed to helping your business. When you work with us, you gain more than a CPA—you gain a dedicated financial ally invested in your long-term success.

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