Bars & Restaurants
Accounting built for fast-moving hospitality businesses.
Restaurant and bar owners manage more than food, service, and guests. They manage daily sales, staff, tips, vendor payments, delivery platforms, inventory, HST/GST, payroll, and cash flow.
We support restaurants, bars, cafés, and hospitality businesses with accounting, tax, bookkeeping, payroll, and planning conversations designed around the realities of running a busy operation.
Our role is to help you understand your numbers, stay organized, and make better decisions for your business, your team, and your future.
Why It Matters
Hospitality businesses need clear numbers every week, not just at year-end.
Restaurants and bars often have high transaction volume, tight margins, staffing complexity, vendor costs, and daily operational pressure.
There may be POS reports, merchant deposits, delivery app deposits, payroll, tips, inventory, food costs, liquor costs, HST/GST filings, bookkeeping requirements, and year-end tax obligations.
When your accounting is organized properly, it becomes easier to understand margins, cash flow, payroll costs, tax obligations, and business performance.
Who We Help
Support for restaurants, bars, cafés, and hospitality operators.
We work with hospitality owners who want their accounting and tax work handled with accuracy, structure, and long-term care.
Restaurant Owners
For full-service and quick-service restaurants managing daily sales, food costs, staffing, vendor payments, and cash flow.
Bars & Lounges
For operators managing beverage sales, staff payroll, tips, liquor-related expenses, merchant deposits, and HST/GST filings.
Cafés & Bakeries
For cafés, bakeries, dessert shops, and specialty food businesses managing sales, inventory, payroll, and supplier costs.
Franchise Operators
For franchise owners managing royalties, marketing fees, payroll, reporting requirements, and location-level profitability.
Multi-Location Hospitality Groups
For owners operating more than one location and needing stronger reporting, clearer systems, and better visibility across the business.
Services Include
Accounting and tax support built around hospitality operations.
POS & Deposit Reconciliation
Support reconciling POS reports, merchant deposits, cash deposits, delivery app deposits, adjustments, refunds, and daily sales activity.
Bookkeeping & Financial Reporting
Monthly or quarterly bookkeeping support to keep restaurant records current, organized, and easier to understand.
Payroll & Tip Reporting Support
Support with payroll coordination, staff wages, tip-related records, T4/T4A coordination, and related documentation.
Vendor & Supplier Tracking
Organization of vendor payments, invoices, food costs, beverage costs, delivery charges, supplies, and operating expenses.
HST/GST Filing Support
Support with HST/GST record organization, filing coordination, and related questions where applicable.
Delivery Platform Reporting
Support organizing deposits, fees, commissions, adjustments, and sales activity from delivery platforms and online ordering systems.
Corporate Tax & Year-End Coordination
Corporate tax preparation, bookkeeping review, payroll slips, HST/GST filings, and personal tax coordination for incorporated hospitality owners.
CRA & Compliance Support
Support with CRA correspondence, documentation requests, payroll questions, HST/GST reviews, and record organization.
Cash Flow & Margin Planning
Planning conversations around pricing, staffing, food cost, rent, inventory, supplier costs, and profitability.
Planning Topics
Restaurant owners need clear numbers before decisions become urgent.
A successful hospitality business requires more than strong sales. Owners also need to understand margins, payroll, cash flow, vendor costs, inventory, tax obligations, and long-term planning opportunities.
We help restaurant and bar owners create space for these conversations before decisions become urgent.
Are Daily Sales Being Reconciled Properly?
POS reports, merchant deposits, cash sales, delivery app deposits, refunds, and adjustments should be tied together clearly.
Are Food and Beverage Costs Being Tracked?
Food cost, beverage cost, supplies, and vendor payments should be tracked so owners understand margins and profitability.
Are Payroll and Tips Being Handled Properly?
Payroll and tip records need clear documentation, especially where tips are controlled, distributed, or reported through payroll.
Is HST/GST Being Filed Correctly?
HST/GST filings should be supported by clear sales records, expense records, input tax credit documentation, and proper classification.
Is My Restaurant Actually Profitable?
Revenue alone does not show the full picture. Owners need visibility into food cost, labour cost, rent, utilities, delivery fees, and overhead.
Can I Open Another Location?
Expansion should be supported by clear reporting, cash flow visibility, payroll structure, supplier cost control, and financing preparation.
Our Approach
We begin by understanding how your hospitality business operates.
Every restaurant, bar, café, and hospitality business has its own rhythm, menu, staffing model, supplier relationships, payment systems, and goals.
Before providing guidance, we take time to understand how your business earns revenue, pays staff, manages expenses, tracks sales, and plans for growth.
Understand
We review your business model, POS reports, payment flow, payroll process, vendor costs, expenses, and prior filings.
Organize
We help organize bookkeeping records, sales reports, payroll information, merchant deposits, HST/GST records, and supporting documents.
Coordinate
We coordinate bookkeeping, payroll, HST/GST filings, corporate tax, and personal tax where relevant.
Plan
We support planning conversations around cash flow, margins, staffing costs, pricing, financing, and business growth.
Support
We remain available throughout the year for questions, filings, reporting, CRA correspondence, and planning conversations.
Financial Clarity
Clear records help hospitality owners make better decisions.
When restaurant records are organized, owners can better understand sales, payroll, vendor costs, margins, cash flow, and tax obligations.
Clear accounting also helps prepare for financing conversations, supplier negotiations, staffing decisions, new locations, and long-term planning.
Good records do not only help with tax filing. They help you run the business with more confidence throughout the year.
Key Benefits
Connected Thinking
Your restaurant, corporation, family, and future are connected.
For many hospitality owners, the business is both a demanding operation and a long-term financial asset.
Decisions around tax, payroll, cash flow, supplier costs, financing, insurance, retirement, and succession can all connect to the long-term success of the owner and their family.
Through SG's relationship-based approach, clients benefit from thoughtful conversations that consider the person, family, and business behind the numbers.
Questions
Common questions from restaurant and bar owners.
Let's Start
Bring clarity to your hospitality business.
Whether you operate a restaurant, bar, café, franchise, or multi-location business, we are here to help you stay organized and understand your numbers.
Start with a conversation.