Worker mix
Booth rent, commission, or W-2
Some stylists rent your chair, some work on commission, some are employees — each shows up differently on the books and the return. We classify it cleanly so 1099 season isn't a mess.
Who we help · Salons & Beauty
Bookkeeping for Twin Cities salons and beauty pros.
Booth-rent stylists, commission splits, retail product on the side — your numbers have a lot of moving parts that the average bookkeeper has never seen.
Common things we see
What salon books actually need.
Retail vs. service
Product split from service revenue
The back bar isn't the same business as your chair — different margin, different sales tax, different inventory. We split them so you see what each side contributes.
Tips
Gratuities and the register reality
Some tips are on the card, some are cash, some go straight to the stylist. We work with how your salon actually runs — not how an accountant thinks it should.
Why clean books pay off
What the rules actually say.
The haircut isn't taxed — the product is
In Minnesota, salon services (cuts, color, styling, waxing, mani-pedis) aren't subject to sales tax — but the retail products you sell are. Keeping product separate from service keeps your sales-tax filing clean.
Classify every chair correctly
Booth renter, commission contractor, or W-2 employee — the IRS treats each differently, and misclassifying a worker can mean back payroll taxes and penalties.
Tips are taxable — cash or card
Tips are taxable income that has to be reported; for employees, they're wages subject to withholding. We capture them the way your register actually handles them.
Which package fits
Most salons & beauty owners we work with start with Books + Tax.
Salons run on more 1099 contractors than most businesses and more product/service mix than a typical retail shop. Books + Tax keeps it from getting tangled at year-end — same person on bookkeeping and the return.
Books + Tax
Full-year bookkeeping plus annual tax filing — one person, one bill.
Often paired with
Related services on the menu.
Bookkeeping
Clean books behind the return.
Monthly bookkeeping that ties to the business return — the same person watching both, no end-of-year surprises.
ExploreBusiness tax returns
The return that closes the year.
Schedule C, 1120-S, 1065, or 1120 — filed by the same person who kept your books all year.
ExploreTax planning
Plan in October, file in March.
Year-end planning, S-Corp election analysis, retirement strategy, and owner-pay timing — before the year closes.
ExploreWhat clients say
Five stars, 113 times.
5.0113 reviews on Birdeye
Real clients across the Twin Cities. Real engagements, real returns filed — every review on our public Birdeye profile.
Same person, every year.
Ready to talk about your salons & beauty books?
Email us — we’ll reply within a day and set up a free 30-min call when it works for both of us. No pressure. We’ll figure out whether we’re a fit.