Accounting and tax for Elizabethtown restaurants, hotels and other hospitality businesses

Sound familiar?

• Sales arrive from several systems.

  Point-of-sale, card processors, booking platforms and delivery apps all report differently. Monthly reconciliation brings them into one set of books you can trust.

• Busy seasons and quiet ones.

  When revenue swings through the year, current financial statements show how each month actually performed and help you plan for the slower stretch.

• Margins that are hard to see.

  Food, labor, supplies and occupancy costs move fast. Regular reporting shows where the money goes while you can still act on it.

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How we help.

• Monthly accounting

  Current books and financial statements.

• Business and owner returns

  Prepared together.

Services and starting prices.

• 01

  Monthly Accounting

  From $400/mo

  Transaction categorization, account reconciliations, financial statements and regular accounting support.

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  Accounting + Tax + Planning

  From $900/mo

  Monthly accounting and reporting, business and owner tax returns, proactive tax planning and year-round CPA access.

  Founding Client Rate: $825/month for your first 12 months when you engage by March 31, 2027. Terms

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Elizabethtown at a glance

• 116

  restaurants with paid employees in the ZIP code 42701 that serve Elizabethtown

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023

• 8.2

  hotels per 10,000 tax returns filed in its ZIP codes

  Source: derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 and IRS Statistics of Income ZIP code data, tax year 2022

• 77%

  share of restaurants with 10+ employees (estimate)

  Source: estimate derived by Tucker from Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; not a published figure

Tax offices for Elizabethtown hospitality businesses

• City of Elizabethtown Finance Department

  City business tax and licenses.

  200 West Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

  Phone 270-763-4214

  Official website

• Hardin County Sheriff's Office (tax)

  County property tax collection.

  150 North Provident Way, Suite 101, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

  Phone (270) 765-5133

  Official website

• Kentucky Department of Revenue

  State tax and revenue agency.

  501 High Street, Frankfort, KY 40601

  Phone (502) 564-4581

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Louisville

  Federal tax help in person.

  600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pl., Louisville, KY 40202

  Phone (502) 912-5060

  Official website

How large are the restaurants in Elizabethtown? Tucker CPA estimates that 77% of the 116 restaurants with paid employees in ZIP code 42701 have 10 or more employees, using Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023.

Hardin County, Kentucky, lists the Hardin County Sheriff's Office (tax), which collects property tax.

The City of Elizabethtown Finance Department is Elizabethtown's office for local taxes, the Kentucky Department of Revenue is the state listing, and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Louisville is an IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center.

Brent Tucker, CPA, keeps monthly accounting current for hospitality businesses in Elizabethtown.

Source: each office's official website, checked October 16, 2026.