Accounting and tax for Charleston 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.

• 02

  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

Starting prices. Your scope and price are agreed in writing before work begins.

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Charleston at a glance

• 574

  restaurants with paid employees in the 9 ZIP codes that serve Charleston

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

• 8.0

  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

• 65.3

  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

• 65%

  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 Charleston hospitality businesses

• City of Charleston Revenue Collections (Business License)

  City business tax and licenses.

  2 George Street - Suite 3700, First Floor, Charleston, SC 29401

  Phone (843) 724-3711

  Official website

• Charleston County Treasurer

  County property tax collection.

  101 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401

  Phone (843) 958-4360

  Official website

• South Carolina Department of Revenue

  State tax and revenue agency.

  Phone (844) 898-8542

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - North Charleston

  Federal tax help in person.

  4400 Leeds Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405

  Phone (843) 566-0209

  Official website

Sales that arrive from several systems need monthly reconciliation, and that is the work Brent Tucker, CPA, does for Charleston hospitality businesses.

Derived by Tucker CPA from Census data, one estimate puts 65% of the restaurants at 10 or more employees. Another estimate counts 8.0 hotels per 10,000 tax returns filed in the ZIP codes that serve Charleston.

For local taxes, the listing is the City of Charleston Revenue Collections (Business License), and the Charleston County Treasurer collects property tax.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue covers the state, and the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - North Charleston covers the federal level.

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