Accounting and tax for Ithaca 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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Ithaca at a glance

• 149

  restaurants with paid employees in the ZIP codes 14850 and 14853 that serve Ithaca

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

• 11.0

  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

• 63.3

  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

Tax offices for Ithaca hospitality businesses

• City of Ithaca Finance Department (City Chamberlain)

  City business tax and licenses.

  108 East Green Street City Hall, 1st Floor Ithaca, NY 14850

  Phone 607-274-6580

  Official website

• Tompkins County Finance Department (Treasury)

  County property tax collection.

  125 East Court Street Old Jail Bldg. 2nd Floor Ithaca, NY 14850

  Phone (607) 274-5545

  Official website

• New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Sales tax telephone assistance (businesses)

  State tax and revenue agency.

  Phone (518) 485-2889

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Binghamton

  Federal tax help in person.

  15 Henry St., Binghamton, NY 13901

  Phone (607) 721-0338

  Official website

If you run a restaurant or hotel in Ithaca, the City of Ithaca Finance Department (City Chamberlain) is the city office for local taxes. The Tompkins County Finance Department (Treasury) collects property tax in Tompkins County, New York.

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance - Sales tax telephone assistance (businesses) and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Binghamton are the state and federal listings.

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 counts 149 restaurants in those ZIP codes. Tucker estimates 63.3 restaurants per 10,000 tax returns filed in those ZIP codes, built from that count and IRS data.

Brent keeps restaurant sales, booking-platform payouts and bank deposits reconciled in monthly books.

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