Accounting and tax for Billings 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.

• Bars and liquor sales

  Liquor inventory and pour cost are the figures that show what the drinks a bar pours cost against what they sell for.

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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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Billings at a glance

• 306

  restaurants with paid employees in the ZIP codes 59101, 59102 and 59105 that serve Billings

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

• 9.0

  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

• 51.2

  restaurants 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

• 67%

  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 Billings hospitality businesses

• City of Billings Finance Department (Business Licenses and Tax)

  City business tax and licenses.

  316 N. 26th St., Billings, MT 59101

  Phone (406) 657-8207

  Official website

• Yellowstone County Treasurer (Property Tax Department)

  County property tax collection.

  2825 3rd Ave N, Room 113, Billings, MT 59101

  Phone (406) 256-2802

  Official website

• Montana Department of Revenue

  State tax and revenue agency.

  Phone (406) 444-6900

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Billings

  Federal tax help in person.

  2900 4th Ave N. Room 200, Billings, MT 59101

  Phone (406) 247-7446

  Official website

Tucker CPA derives 51.2 restaurants and 9.0 hotels per 10,000 tax returns filed in the ZIP codes that serve Billings, both estimates. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts 306 restaurants with paid employees in those ZIP codes.

This page lists four offices for Yellowstone County, Montana. The City of Billings Finance Department (Business Licenses and Tax) is the city office for local taxes, and the Yellowstone County Treasurer (Property Tax Department) collects property tax.

The Montana Department of Revenue is listed for the state, and IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Billings for the federal level. Brent sorts booking-channel payouts and restaurant sales into the monthly accounting for Billings hospitality businesses.

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