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When your accounting was not built for hospitality, the numbers stop telling you what you need to know. CDH changes that.
We give boutique properties, independent hotels, and hospitality groups the clean books, real-time reporting, and tax strategy that actually move the bottom line.
Hotels generate revenue from multiple streams at once: rooms, food and beverage, events, parking, and ancillary services. Each has its own cost structure and margin profile.
Most hotel operators are losing money in ways they cannot see yet.
Rooms, F&B, and ancillary income are all lumped together. You cannot see what is actually profitable.
Labor is most of your costs. Track it by department or risk losing visibility into your biggest expense.
No rolling forecast means every slow season becomes a cash crisis instead of a planned event.
The Section 45B credit lets you recover the employer’s share of payroll taxes on tipped employee wages. Many hotels never claim it.
This distorts your financials and creates serious problems at tax time.
Hotels process hundreds of transactions every day. When you only reconcile quarterly or annually, small errors stack up for months before anyone catches them. By then, they are far harder and more expensive to fix.
Full-service accounting and bookkeeping built around your operation.
| Service | What We Handle |
|---|---|
| Transaction Posting | Daily and monthly, categorized by department and cost center |
| Bank and Credit Card Reconciliation | Every account is reconciled monthly, without exception |
| Accounts Payable and Receivable | Invoices tracked, approved, and paid on time |
| OTA Reconciliation | Revenue from Booking.com, Expedia, and direct channels reconciled against your PMS |
| Payroll Processing | Multi-department, fully compliant, on schedule |
| Departmental P&Ls | Monthly statements by department, so you know where margins are strong or soft |
| Budgeting and Cash Flow Forecasting | Plan for seasonal swings before they hit |
| Labor Cost Analysis | Track and control your biggest operating expense by department |
| Occupancy Tax Filing | Calculated, filed, and remitted on your behalf |
| Sage Intacct Implementation | Cloud-based accounting configured specifically for your hospitality operation |
| Year-End Close and Tax Prep | Clean, close, accurate returns, filed on time |
CDH hotel clients typically come to us in one of three situations:
In every case, we stabilize first, then build the financial clarity that supports better decisions long term.
If your hotel’s books are slow, unclear, or costing you more than they should, let’s talk.
CDH provides hotel accounting services across the country. Our hospitality team will review your current setup and tell you exactly what a better system looks like.
Quick answers to what hotel owners ask us most.
When your close takes more than a week, your reports do not show departmental performance, or accounting turnover is creating gaps in your operation, it is time to outsource.
The benefits of outsourcing hotel accounting services include consistent expertise, faster reporting, and lower overhead than a full in-house team.
If you are weighing the options, our breakdown of in-house vs outsourced accounting for boutique hotels walks through exactly what to consider.
A proper hotel accounting system covers a hospitality-specific chart of accounts, departmental P&Ls, monthly financial statements, payroll processing, OTA reconciliation, and occupancy tax compliance. It should reflect how your property operates.
When you have accurate, timely reports by department, you can make pricing, staffing, and capital decisions based on real data. Without that visibility, you are managing on instinct.
Hotels have tax and reporting requirements that general firms are not trained for. USALI standards, occupancy tax compliance, tipped employee payroll, and FICA tip credits all require specific hospitality knowledge. A generalist firm misses these.
Hotels pay tipped employees, hourly staff, and salaried managers at the same time. Each comes with different tax rules. We track tip reporting, calculate overtime correctly, and file Form 8846 to claim the Section 45B credit on your behalf.
You can see exactly what our outsourced payroll services cover if you want the full picture.
Hotel tax preparation covers occupancy tax, sales tax, payroll tax, and income tax managed as one integrated strategy throughout the year.
CDH handles everything from quarterly estimates to year-end filing, keeping your returns accurate and submitted on time. That means fewer errors, fewer audit triggers, and a cleaner tax position overall.
You want a team that knows how hotels work. Make sure they understand USALI reporting standards, hospitality payroll, and the business accounting software your property runs on.
Ask how long their close takes, what your reports will look like, and who your point of contact will be. And make sure you know what you are paying before work starts.
Your property deserves accounting that works as hard as you do. CDH brings the hospitality expertise, financial systems, and strategic support to give you full control over your numbers and your growth.
