What We Handle for Salons, Spas & Personal Care Businesses
Full-service accounting and bookkeeping so your financials are clean, your stylists and therapists are paid correctly, and your business stays compliant.
Booth Rental & Commission Tracking
Track booth rental income and commission-based pay accurately. Whether your stylists are 1099 contractors or W-2 employees, we keep the classification clean and the payments reconciled.
Tip & Gratuity Compliance
Tips reported, allocated, and taxed correctly. We handle the IRS reporting requirements so your business stays compliant and your team keeps what they earn.
Product Inventory Management
Retail product costs and sales tracked separately from service revenue. Know your product margins, identify shrinkage, and manage reorder timing based on actual data.
Multi-Location Reporting
Separate P&L by location so you see which salons or spas are profitable and which need attention. Consolidated reporting available when you want the full-picture view.
Monthly Financial Reporting
P&L by location, service type, or stylist. Revenue per chair, product margins, and overhead ratios so you can make informed decisions about staffing and expansion.
The Royal Revenue System
Our proprietary review process that typically uncovers $10k+ in hidden savings across vendor contracts, tax strategy, and operational waste.
See what clean books look like for your salon or spa
15 minutes. We’ll walk through your current setup and show you exactly what we’d handle.
Not Just Bookkeepers
Most outsourced bookkeeping firms hand your files to data entry clerks. We don’t.
Your books are managed by degreed staff accountants. We have CPAs on our team. Journal entries, financial statement prep, and variance analysis get done right the first time.
Month-end close, financial statement analysis, and reporting that goes beyond recording transactions. We handle the accounting work most bookkeeping firms can’t.
No DIY dashboards or AI-generated reports you have to review yourself. A dedicated accounting team that knows your industry handles everything.
Booth Rental and Commission Pay Without the Headaches
The problem: Managing a mix of booth renters and commission employees is an accounting challenge. Worker classification errors trigger IRS penalties, rental income gets mixed with service revenue, and commission calculations are a constant source of disputes.
How we fix it: We set up your books to separate booth rental income from service revenue, track commissions by stylist, and ensure worker classification aligns with IRS rules. 1099s for contractors and W-2s for employees are all handled accurately at year-end.
Tip Compliance That Protects Your Business
The problem: Tips are a significant part of compensation in personal care, but IRS tip reporting rules are strict. Under-reporting creates audit risk, and most salon owners don’t have a reliable system for tracking and allocating tips across staff.
How we fix it: We set up tip tracking that captures cash and credit card tips, allocates them correctly by employee, and ensures proper tax withholding and reporting. Your business stays compliant and your staff trusts that their earnings are handled fairly.
Product Inventory That Doesn’t Eat Your Margins
The problem: Retail products are a high-margin revenue stream for salons and spas, but most owners don’t track product costs separately from service costs. Shrinkage goes unnoticed, slow-moving inventory ties up cash, and true product margins are a mystery.
How we fix it: We separate product costs and revenue from services in your books, track inventory turns, and flag shrinkage. You see real product margins monthly and can make informed decisions about what to stock, what to discount, and what to cut.
Free: The Salon & Spa Accounting Checklist
10 bookkeeping mistakes that cost personal care businesses money. Download the checklist our salon and spa clients use to stay profitable and compliant.
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Ready for Books That Actually Help You Grow?
15 minutes. We’ll walk through your current setup and show you exactly how we’d handle your commissions, tip compliance, and multi-location reporting.