Bookkeeping for Shockoe Slip Restaurants and Businesses
Bookkeeping for restaurants, bars, and small businesses in Shockoe Slip. Monthly books, tip tracking, and tax-ready records from a Richmond bookkeeper.
Bookkeeping for Shockoe Slip Businesses
Shockoe Slip has one of the denser concentrations of restaurants and bars in Richmond. The cobblestone streets and restored warehouse buildings draw diners and foot traffic, which is good for business but means the financial side moves fast. Daily deposits, tip tracking, food costs, payroll every week or two. It adds up quickly if nobody is keeping the books current.
We’re a Richmond bookkeeping firm that works with restaurants, bars, and the other small businesses operating in the Slip. Monthly bookkeeping, payroll, catch-up work when things have fallen behind. The record-keeping you need without hiring someone full-time to sit in your office.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and monthly financial statements. Your books close every month and you can see exactly where the money went.
Payroll Services
Payroll Services
Paychecks, tip tracking, tax deposits, quarterly filings, and year-end W-2s. Your staff gets paid correctly and on time. You stop calculating withholdings yourself.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Books that are months behind can be fixed. We reconstruct transactions, reconcile accounts, and get you current so you can move forward with accurate numbers. Most of our clients started exactly there.
Tax-Ready Records
Tax-Ready Records
When your CPA needs financials, they’re ready. Our bookkeeping produces clean records with proper categorization so tax season is a handoff instead of a scramble.
Shockoe Slip Businesses We Work With
The Slip is primarily restaurants, bars, and nightlife. That’s our specialty. But there are also boutiques, event spaces, and professional offices in those restored 19th century buildings. They all need accurate books and someone who answers when questions come up. We handle monthly bookkeeping for businesses doing anywhere from a few hundred thousand to several million in revenue.
What our clients have in common is that they’ve outgrown doing the books themselves. Maybe tax prep got expensive because records were messy. Maybe they couldn’t answer basic questions about profitability. We take the books off their plate so they can focus on running operations.
Restaurants
Restaurants
Fine dining, casual spots, cafes. We track daily sales, reconcile POS systems, monitor food and labor costs, and handle the tip reporting that makes restaurant payroll more complicated than most businesses.
Bars and Nightlife
Bars and Nightlife
Cocktail bars, wine bars, late-night spots along the cobblestones. Inventory tracking for liquor costs, cash handling procedures, and the revenue patterns that come with nightlife hours.
Boutiques and Retail
Boutiques and Retail
The shops in Shockoe Slip’s historic buildings. Inventory management, sales tax tracking, and the seasonal patterns that come with a dining and entertainment district.
Event Venues
Event Venues
Private dining spaces and event rentals in the Slip. Deposit tracking, revenue recognition across booking and event dates, and the reporting that shows which events are actually profitable.
Common Questions
Do you specialize in restaurant bookkeeping?
Yes. Restaurants and bars are our specialty. We handle tip tracking, daily sales reconciliation, food cost monitoring, and the cash flow patterns that make hospitality accounting different from other businesses.
How do you handle tip reporting and payroll?
We track tips by employee, calculate tip credits correctly, and handle the payroll tax implications. Your servers and bartenders get accurate pay stubs, and you stay compliant with reporting requirements.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. We're based in Richmond, so Shockoe Slip is a short trip. Most clients prefer remote work for convenience, but we can meet at your location or ours whenever it's helpful.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
It depends on transaction volume. Restaurants with high daily transactions cost more than a boutique with fewer sales. We give you exact pricing after learning about your business.
My books are a few months behind. Can you help?
That's how most clients start with us. We do catch-up work to get you current, then move into monthly service so the backlog doesn't build up again.
Greater Richmond's Small Business Bookkeeper
The Next Step:
A Short Conversation
Fifteen minutes to tell us what you're dealing with. We'll let you know how we can help and give you a clear price quote.
