For business owners
Accounting for cafés, restaurants & hospitality
Thin margins, big wage bills and no time to look at the books between services. We give you a clear read on what's actually making money, and keep payroll and GST bulletproof.
Ongoing tax & advisory from $200/month. Fixed fees, no lock-in.
- Wages and rosters eating the margin, with awards and penalty rates to navigate
- Stock and wastage you can't quite see
- GST on food that's partly taxable and partly GST-free
- No time to look at the numbers until it's too late
How we help
The parts of cafés & hospitality that cost you money if they're wrong.
Payroll and super done right, awards, penalty rates and Single Touch Payroll
GST coded correctly across taxable and GST-free items
Bookkeeping that shows your real gross margin and labour percentage
Cashflow forecasting through the seasonal swings
A read on where you sit against ATO small-business benchmarks
What your business can usually claim
- Stock and cost of goods sold
- Wages, super and staff on-costs
- Rent, outgoings and utilities
- Equipment, ovens, fridges, coffee machines (write-off or depreciation)
- POS and merchant fees
- Cleaning, uniforms and marketing
General information only, the right treatment depends on your structure and circumstances. That's exactly what we sort out for you.
Common questions
Prepared food and dine-in are generally taxable, but some basic grocery items are GST-free, so a venue selling both needs its POS coded correctly or the BAS goes wrong. We set up the coding once so it's right every quarter.
The ATO publishes expected cost and margin ranges by industry and compares your figures against them. Sitting outside the range can trigger a review. Often it's just a coding or reporting issue rather than a real problem, we reconcile your numbers and make sure they tell the true story.
If we don't make your financial life simpler, we part ways. No lock-in contracts, no risk.
Ready to stop worrying about your tax and bookkeeping?
In a free 30-minute strategy session, I'll personally review your situation and we'll map out a clear plan together. If it feels like a good fit, I'll send you a straightforward, fixed-fee proposal. No pressure, no surprises.
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