Industry-Specific Accounting & Tax
Accounting built for how your industry actually works. We specialize in construction, restaurants, real estate, manufacturing, and professional services.
What This Is
A restaurant has tip reporting, food cost percentages, and cash handling concerns. A contractor has job costing, progress billing, and retainage tracking. A real estate investor has depreciation schedules, 1031 exchanges, and property-by-property reporting. These industries don’t just have different products. They have fundamentally different accounting needs.
This service is accounting built around how your specific industry operates. We work with construction companies, manufacturers, restaurants, real estate professionals, and professional services firms. We know the chart of accounts you need, the reports that actually matter, and the tax rules specific to your situation.
The Industries
The Industries
Construction and trades with job costing and WIP reporting. Restaurants with tip compliance and food cost tracking. Real estate with rental income and property management accounting. Manufacturing with inventory valuation and cost allocation. Professional services with time-based billing and partner distributions.
What Specialization Means
What Specialization Means
Your chart of accounts is set up correctly from the start. Your reports show the metrics that actually matter in your industry. Your tax return captures every deduction specific to your business type. We don’t have to research how your industry works because we already know.
Why This Matters
A generalist accountant looks at your books and sees revenue and expenses. They categorize things correctly in a technical sense but miss what the numbers actually mean for your type of business. They don’t know that a 32% food cost is a problem or that your job margins are thin compared to similar contractors. They process the data without understanding the context.
The real cost shows up in missed opportunities. Tax deductions specific to your industry that they’ve never heard of. Compliance requirements they discover too late. Advice that would work fine for a retail store but doesn’t fit how a construction company actually operates. You end up with accounting that’s technically correct but practically useless for running your business.
The Learning Curve
The Learning Curve
Every time you work with a generalist, you spend the first six months explaining your business. What’s a draw schedule? Why do your receivables look like that? How does percentage of completion work? You’re paying them while they figure out things that an industry specialist already knows.
Wrong Fit Advice
Wrong Fit Advice
A generalist told a contractor client to switch to cash basis accounting because it was “simpler.” That advice made sense for a service business but created a mess for someone with long-term contracts and progress billing. Industry knowledge isn’t optional. It shapes every recommendation.
What Changes
You work with someone who already understands your business model. They know that restaurant owners watch prime cost weekly and that contractors need job-by-job profitability reports. They don’t ask you to explain industry basics because they’ve seen it hundreds of times with other clients in your field.
Tax planning happens throughout the year based on patterns we’ve learned from working with businesses like yours. We know when your busy season hits and when cash gets tight. We anticipate the questions you’ll have because we’ve answered them before for other clients in your industry.
Faster Onboarding
Faster Onboarding
No six-month learning curve. We set up your books correctly from day one because we’ve done it for dozens of businesses in your industry. Your chart of accounts, your reports, your tax elections. All based on what we know works for businesses like yours.
Informed Decisions
Informed Decisions
When you ask if a number looks right, we can tell you. We know what margins are normal in your industry, what expenses typically run, and where businesses like yours tend to leak money. Your accounting becomes a tool for making decisions, not just a compliance exercise.
The Treasure Valley's Tax and Accounting Team
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