Hospitality Accounting Specialists
Your numbers, handled with the same care you put into every plate.
Countwell works exclusively with restaurants, bars, and hospitality businesses — bringing financial clarity to an industry that deserves an accountant who actually understands it.
What changes when your accountant actually understands hospitality
Generic accounting firms handle transactions. We handle the full picture — cost of goods, tip reporting, POS reconciliation, seasonal cash flow, and the regulatory landscape specific to food and beverage. The difference shows up every month in reports that actually make sense to someone running a kitchen or a front-of-house operation.
Industry-Native Reports
Monthly summaries built around metrics your operation uses — prime cost, revenue per cover, cost-to-sales ratios that mean something at a management meeting.
Consistent Delivery
Financials arrive on the same schedule every month — not weeks late, not after repeated chasing. Planned around your reporting needs, not ours.
Compliance You Can Trust
Tax obligations, tip reporting, and sector-specific regulatory requirements handled by someone who tracks the rules that apply to food and beverage businesses.
Why It Matters
The details that make the difference
POS reconciliation, every cycle
Sales data from your point-of-sale system matched to actual bank deposits — so nothing falls through between the till and your books.
Food and beverage cost tracking
Cost ratios tracked and reported monthly, so you have a clear view of where your margins actually sit rather than estimating after the fact.
Vendor payables management
Supplier invoices tracked, coded, and reconciled — keeping your payables organised and your supplier relationships in good order.
Multi-revenue stream reporting
Dine-in, takeout, and catering tracked separately — so you understand which part of the business is performing and which deserves a closer look.
Tip reporting handled correctly
Gratuity and service charge reporting done in line with current requirements — removing a compliance area that often gets overlooked.
Plain-language monthly summaries
A written overview with every report — what the numbers mean, what changed from last month, and what's worth paying attention to.
The Process
From first conversation to clear monthly financials
Initial Conversation
We learn about your operation — its structure, how it runs day to day, and where the financial complexity lives.
Setup & Transition
We connect your POS, accounts, and data sources and establish a clean baseline to work from going forward.
Ongoing Service
Monthly bookkeeping, reporting, and compliance delivered on schedule — with availability when questions come up in between.
Clear Communication
Regular check-ins and plain-language summaries so you always understand where things stand — no translation required.
A track record built in hospitality
We work exclusively with food service and hospitality operators — not as one practice area among many, but as the only industry we serve.
8+
Years in Hospitality Finance
120+
Restaurant & Bar Clients Served
3
Core Specialist Service Areas
100%
Hospitality-Only Client Base
Our Services
Three courses, one specialist kitchen
Each service addresses a distinct financial need of food and beverage operations — from daily bookkeeping to tax compliance.
FIRST COURSE
Restaurant Financial Bookkeeping
Day-to-day recordkeeping designed for food service — POS reconciliation, vendor payables, cost ratios, and monthly reporting built around how your operation actually works.
$1,400 / month
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SECOND COURSE
Food Cost & Inventory Analysis
A close look at your food and beverage cost structure — identifying where waste, purchasing decisions, or pricing may be affecting your margins more than they should.
$1,800
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THIRD COURSE
Hospitality Tax Compliance
Tax preparation and filings tailored to hospitality — sales tax, tip reporting, payroll obligations, and returns with full attention to the rules that apply to food and beverage operations.
$2,200
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A short conversation is the simplest way to find out whether we're the right fit. Practical, unhurried — just an honest look at what working together would involve.
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