Bookkeeping ยท Huntington Beach, CA
Bookkeeping services in Huntington Beach, run by an Enrolled Agent
Huntington Beach businesses deal with seasonal swings, tips, and sales tax across downtown, Beach Boulevard and the harbour. We keep the books current every month and show you the numbers behind the busy months and the slow ones.
- Monthly books that handle seasonal highs and lows
- Tip reporting and payroll for restaurants and hospitality
- Sales tax filed on the Huntington Beach combined rate
- Profit and loss report every month
- Year-end review and audit representation by an EA
Call (714) 462-8098 or use the form.
Book a free consultation
Tell us a little about your business. Kathy or a team member replies within one business day.
Huntington Beach businesses live with a rhythm most cities do not: summer crowds downtown and along Pacific Coast Highway, quieter winters, events that fill a weekend and then disappear. Restaurants, bars, surf and retail shops, fitness studios, contractors and the professional offices along Beach Boulevard and Edinger all need books that keep up with that rhythm and show what each month really earned.
Bookkeeping for Huntington Beach businesses
Books that handle seasonal swings
Transactions reconciled every month and reported so you can compare a July week with a January week. Cash forecasts for the slow months are part of the conversation, not an afterthought.
Restaurants and hospitality
Daily sales, tips, vendor bills and sales tax are the core of restaurant bookkeeping. Tip reporting flows through payroll correctly, and the sales tax return is built from the same reconciled sales.
Sales tax at the Huntington Beach rate
Huntington Beach’s combined rate is applied to your taxable sales and the CDTFA return filed on your assigned schedule, monthly, quarterly or with prepayments.
Year-end by an Enrolled Agent
Kathy Nguyen, IRS Enrolled Agent, reviews the year, reconciles the books to the return, and represents you if the IRS or CDTFA ever asks questions.
- 8 milesOur office is eight miles up Brookhurst from Huntington Beach. Most clients work with us remotely.
- Hospitality-readyTips, daily sales and vendor bills handled in a routine built for restaurants and bars.
- Monthly reportProfit and loss every month, with margins tracked by month for seasonal planning.
- EA-ledBooks set up and reviewed by an Enrolled Agent who also prepares your return.
How it works
- ConsultationFree, by phone or at our Garden Grove office. We look at your sales system, bank accounts and what you want to see each month, then quote a fixed fee.
- SetupBank, card and point-of-sale feeds connected, chart of accounts set up for your business, behind months caught up.
- MonthlyYou confirm statements and send receipts. We reconcile, file sales tax, run payroll if needed, and send the report.
Who we work with in Huntington Beach
Restaurants, cafes and bars downtown and along PCH, surf, skate and apparel retailers, fitness and wellness studios, contractors and home services, marine and harbour businesses, and the medical and professional offices along Beach Boulevard. Owner-run businesses with one to twenty employees are our usual client, and seasonal staffing is a normal part of the payroll conversation.
Areas we serve from here
Downtown Huntington Beach, Main Street and PCH, Huntington Harbour, Sunset Beach, Seacliff, Goldenwest and the Beach Boulevard and Edinger corridors, plus nearby Fountain Valley, Westminster, Costa Mesa, Seal Beach and Newport Beach. Full list on the service areas page.
Book a free consultation
Call (714) 462-8098 or send the form above. We reply within one business day, and the first meeting can be by phone.
Questions clients ask us
Do you handle bookkeeping for restaurants and bars in Huntington Beach?
Yes. Daily sales reports, tips, vendor bills and sales tax are the core of restaurant bookkeeping, and we build the monthly report around them.
Our business is seasonal. Does that change the bookkeeping?
The monthly process stays the same, but we track your margins by month so you can see what a summer week actually earns against a January week, and plan cash accordingly.
Where is your office?
12112 Brookhurst St, Suite 8, Garden Grove, about eight miles up Brookhurst from Huntington Beach. Most Huntington Beach clients work with us remotely and visit once or twice a year.
Talk to a bookkeeper who knows Huntington Beach
Book a free consultation with Kathy Nguyen, EA. We will look at where your books stand today and tell you plainly what it would take to get them current and keep them that way.