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Accountants for Hospitality Businesses in Ireland
Hospitality runs on thin margins, high volume and constant cash movement — multiple VAT rates, stock that walks, tips to handle and staff to roster around the seasons. KPG Accounting Services Limited helps Irish restaurants, hotels and pubs control margins, reconcile the tills and stay compliant
Understanding the sector
Few sectors are as cash-intensive as hospitality. You’re handling several VAT rates across food, drink and accommodation, reconciling card and cash daily, watching food and beverage margins, and rostering seasonal staff — all while delivery-platform fees and supplier prices eat into profit. Small margin slips add up fast, so timely numbers matter.
Common challenges
Multiple VAT rates
Splitting sales correctly across food, drink and accommodation rates.
Stock & margins
Controlling food and beverage costs and spotting margin slippage or losses.
Tips, gratuities & seasonal staff
Handling tips correctly and payroll across a changing roster.
Daily cash & platform fees
Reconciling card and cash, and accounting for delivery-platform charges.
Every one of these problems disappears the moment bookkeeping is handled properly, in the cloud, by a team that does it every day. That’s what we offer.
How KPG Accounting Services Limited Can Help
Bookkeeping & daily sales
Till and card reconciliation and clean records.
VAT returns (multiple rates)
Correct rate splits, filed on time.
Payroll (incl. tips & seasonal)
Rosters, tips and Revenue submissions.
Management accounts
Margin and profit by site or service area.
Budgeting & cash flow
Planning around seasonal swings.
Annual accounts & tax
Year-end and tax for the business.
Who we work with
Restaurants and cafés, hotels and guesthouses, pubs and bars, catering and food-service businesses, event venues, accommodation providers and multi-site hospitality groups.
Practical benefits
- Correct VAT across multiple rates, with less risk.
- Better control of food and beverage margins.
- Reliable payroll across tips and seasonal staff.
- Daily sales and cash reconciled and trustworthy.
- Profit by site or service area, clearly reported.
- Cash-flow planning around the seasons.
Why Choose KPG Accounting Services Ltd
We understand hospitality
VAT rates, stock, tips and seasonality are familiar
Margin-Focused Advice
Commercially focused on protecting your margins.
Joined up
Books, VAT, payroll and reporting together.
Cloud-enabled
Daily numbers through Xero and connected apps.
Responsive
Quick answers when trading is busy.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do you handle multiple VAT rates in hospitality?
We set your bookkeeping up to split sales correctly across the applicable food, drink and accommodation rates, so your VAT returns are accurate. Rates and rules change from time to time, so we keep your setup current and file on time. See our Tax Services page.
Can you help control our food and drink margins?
Yes. With regular management accounts we track gross margin on food and beverage, flag slippage, waste or stock losses, and help you act early. See our Management Accounts page or get in touch.
How are tips and gratuities treated for payroll?
Tips can carry payroll and tax obligations depending on how they’re collected and distributed, and rules in this area have changed. We’ll set up your payroll to handle tips correctly for your setup. See our Payroll page.
Do you reconcile daily sales and card takings?
Yes. We reconcile till, card and cash takings against banking and platform payouts, so your daily sales are trustworthy and discrepancies are caught quickly. See our Bookkeeping page.
Protect your margins. Keep the tills right.
KPG Accounting Services Limited helps Irish hospitality businesses handle VAT, stock, tips and daily cash — and see profit by site