Accounting and tax for Madison 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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Madison at a glance

• 631

  restaurants with paid employees in the 13 ZIP codes that serve Madison

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

• 5.3

  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

• 50.9

  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 Madison hospitality businesses

• Madison City Clerk's Office (Licensing)

  City business tax and licenses.

  210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Room 105, Madison, WI 53703

  Phone (608) 266-4601

  Official website

• Dane County Treasurer

  County property tax collection.

  210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Madison, WI 53703

  Phone 608-266-4151

  Official website

• Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Customer Service Bureau

  State tax and revenue agency.

  Phone (608) 266-2776

  Official website

• IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Madison

  Federal tax help in person.

  1242 Fourier Dr., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53717

  Phone (608) 421-7898

  Official website

How do booking payouts and restaurant sales get into one set of books? Brent reconciles them each month for Madison hospitality businesses and prepares the business and owner returns.

On the tax side, the Madison City Clerk's Office (Licensing) is the city's office for local taxes, and the Dane County Treasurer collects property tax. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Customer Service Bureau is the state office.

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center - Madison is the federal one. All are listed on this page. Derived from Census and IRS data, the estimate for Madison's ZIP codes is 5.3 hotels and 50.9 restaurants per 10,000 tax returns filed.

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