Plant, drop stores, coin machines and cash. We close the books every month, with a P&L for each store.
Reconciling and closing are the same everywhere. This is where these books differ.
States can tax them differently. One line makes the return wrong.
Counted the day they’re pulled, matched to the deposit to the cent.
Buyers want years of books and sales by store. Books closed every month are that file.
Owner & family tax planningThese go in your close report every month. Figures are illustrative.
P&L by store
In every monthly report
Sales and direct costs for the plant and each drop store
Utilities % of sales
12.5%Example
Gas, power and water for the boiler and machines
Cash over/short
(18.50)Example
Daily close vs. deposits, by store
August 2026 books · Example
Dry cleaner
illustrative example (plant, 2 drops, coin)
| Account | Memo | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sales (excl. tax) | ||
| Dry cleaning & laundry — plant Card + cash, taxable | Card + cash, taxable | 24,860.00 |
| Dry cleaning & laundry — 2 drops Tracked by store class | Tracked by store class | 15,420.00 |
| Self-service coin laundry 1 Machine collections, exempt | Machine collections, exempt | 6,940.00 |
| Detergent sales Goods, taxable | Goods, taxable | 410.00 |
| Total sales | 47,630.00 | |
| Direct costs & labor | ||
| Solvent & chemicals | (2,340.00) | |
| Hangers & poly bags | (1,120.00) | |
| Wages 9 staff · weekly | 9 staff · weekly | (15,960.00) |
| Employer payroll taxes | (1,640.00) | |
| Total | (21,060.00) | |
| Operating expenses | ||
| Gas, electric, water Boiler & coin machines | Boiler & coin machines | (5,960.00) |
| Rent 3 locations | 3 locations | (7,450.00) |
| Depreciation Boiler, presses, machines, monthly | Boiler, presses, machines, monthly | (2,150.00) |
| Equipment loan interest | (612.40) | |
| Card processing fees | (910.30) | |
| Cash over/short 2 Daily close sheets vs. deposits | Daily close sheets vs. deposits | (18.50) |
| Other operating Insurance, repairs, supplies | Insurance, repairs, supplies | (2,261.50) |
| Total operating | (19,362.70) | |
| Net income | 7,207.30 | |
| Utilities ÷ sales | 12.5% | |
| Month-end balances | ||
| Sales tax payable On taxable sales of 40,690.00 | On taxable sales of 40,690.00 | 3,356.93 |
| Equipment loan balance 3 Boiler & presses | Boiler & presses | 48,260.00 |
Several stores and a taxable/exempt split on every return make Growth the fit. Sales tax for one state and two locations are included.
Growth
One- or two-location businesses that want monthly numbers and income tax planned every quarter
from$650/mo
Usually added for this industry
Starting prices. Your final number comes as a written quote after we talk.
We set the scope and the price before anything starts. Then the books are ours.
No commitment. Nothing to prepare.
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