Bookkeeping for West Hollywood Businesses
Bookkeeping, payroll, and sales tax support for West Hollywood restaurants, bars, creative studios, and property owners.
Bookkeeping for West Hollywood
West Hollywood runs on restaurants, bars, nightlife venues, creative studios, and the property owners who lease to them. The Sunset Strip and Santa Monica Boulevard concentrate more food, beverage, and entertainment operators per block than most full cities. Each of those businesses carries its own bookkeeping demands, whether that means nightly sales reconciliation, tip reporting, vendor payment schedules, or multi-month project billing for creative work.
We are based in Old Town Pasadena and provide bookkeeping services across the Los Angeles area, including WeHo. Everything happens remotely through a secure portal, so you are not scheduling drives across the 101 or the 134 to hand off statements. Your books get kept, reconciled, and closed on a monthly cycle while you focus on running the venue, studio, or building.
Full-Service Bookkeeping
Full-Service Bookkeeping
Monthly transaction categorization, bank and credit card reconciliation, and clean financial statements. The core work that gives you a P&L you can actually read and a balance sheet that matches reality.
California Sales Tax
California Sales Tax
Rate tracking, filing, and on-time submissions through CDTFA. Sales tax management built for restaurants, bars, and retailers who cannot afford penalties or late filings eating into already thin margins.
Payroll and 1099s
Payroll and 1099s
Full payroll runs with tax deposits, quarterly filings, and year-end W-2s. We also prepare 1099s for the contractors, freelancers, and vendors that creative and hospitality businesses rely on heavily.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Behind a few months or a couple of years? We clean up the backlog, reconcile the accounts, and deliver books that are ready for your CPA. Then we move you into monthly service so you never fall behind again.
West Hollywood Businesses We Serve
WeHo is compact but the business mix is not simple. A restaurant on Santa Monica has different accounting needs than a production company off Sunset, which has different needs than the owner of a rent-stabilized fourplex behind Melrose. What they share is the reality that California compliance is strict, margins are real, and the person running the business does not have time to also run the books.
We work with operators and owners doing roughly $200K to $5M in annual revenue. Big enough to need proper bookkeeping. Small enough that hiring a full-time in-house accountant does not make financial sense.
Restaurants, Bars, and Nightlife
Restaurants, Bars, and Nightlife
High transaction volume, tipped employees, liquor inventory, and daily sales reconciliation. We set up chart of accounts structures that separate food, beverage, and liquor revenue so you can see where the margin actually sits.
Creative Services and Production
Creative Services and Production
Design firms, agencies, post-production shops, and independent studios. Project-based revenue, 1099 contractor payments, and retainer tracking. Books organized around how creative work actually gets billed and delivered.
Property Owners and Investors
Property Owners and Investors
WeHo’s rent-stabilized fourplexes, mixed-use buildings, and small commercial properties need property-level books. Our founder’s background is real estate accounting, so investor and landlord bookkeeping is squarely in our wheelhouse.
Contractors Working WeHo
Contractors Working WeHo
General contractors, remodelers, and skilled trades doing residential and small commercial work in the area. Job costing, subcontractor payments, and financials that hold up when you need to pull a bond or finance equipment.
Common Questions
Do you work with West Hollywood businesses from Pasadena?
Yes. Our office is in Old Town Pasadena and we serve clients across Los Angeles County. Everything runs remotely through a secure document portal, so the distance between Pasadena and WeHo is irrelevant to how the work gets done.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Full-service bookkeeping starts at $199 per month. The final price depends on transaction volume and the complexity of your business. We quote a flat monthly rate after reviewing your books so there are no surprises.
Can you handle California sales tax for a restaurant or bar?
Yes. We handle sales tax calculation, tracking, and filing for food and beverage operators. California sales tax rules and filing schedules are built into our regular process for WeHo hospitality clients.
What if my books are months or years behind?
That is common. We take on catch-up work regularly, reconstruct prior periods, and bring the records current before moving into monthly service. No judgment on how long it has been.
Do you work with production companies and creative agencies?
Yes. Creative service businesses have irregular cash flow, 1099 contractor payments, and project-based revenue that needs clean tracking. We set up books that reflect how the work actually flows.
Pasadena's Small Business Bookkeeper
The Next Step:
A 15-Minute Call
Tell us where your books stand today. We'll ask a few questions, share how we can help, and give you a clear quote.
