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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.

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Common things we see

What salon books actually need.

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.

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.

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Often paired with

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Bookkeeping

Clean books behind the return.

Monthly bookkeeping that ties to the business return — the same person watching both, no end-of-year surprises.

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Business 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.

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Tax planning

Plan in October, file in March.

Year-end planning, S-Corp election analysis, retirement strategy, and owner-pay timing — before the year closes.

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What clients say

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5.0

33 reviews

Mark Magelssen

3 months ago

I've worked with Tasha on my taxes for multiple years - she does both my personal and business taxes. She does a fantastic job - super communicative, detail-oriented, and awesome to work with. I can't say enough good things about Accounting Lions!