Bookkeeping and Tax Services for Longboat Key Businesses
Bookkeeping, tax preparation, and accounting for Longboat Key businesses and property owners. Vacation rentals, property managers, restaurants, and local services.
Accounting Services for Longboat Key
Longboat Key is a small island with a surprisingly active business community. Vacation rental operators, property managers, restaurants, home service companies, and professionals who chose to build their practice in one of the nicest spots on the Gulf Coast. These businesses need accurate financials, timely tax filings, and someone who actually picks up the phone when questions come up. That’s what we provide.
We’re a CPA firm based in Riverview that handles small business bookkeeping, tax preparation, payroll, and advisory work for clients across the Tampa Bay region and down through Sarasota and Manatee counties. Longboat Key sits right in that range. Everything runs digitally, so your location on the island doesn’t slow anything down.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Monthly Bookkeeping
Transactions categorized, bank and credit card accounts reconciled, financial statements delivered every month. Your books stay current so you can see where the business stands without guessing or waiting until tax time to find out.
Tax Preparation
Tax Preparation
Business and personal tax returns prepared by a CPA who already knows your numbers. Federal and Florida filings handled with the schedules and documentation done right the first time. No scrambling in March because the books were never closed.
Sales and Tourist Tax
Sales and Tourist Tax
Longboat Key splits across Sarasota and Manatee counties, each with its own tourist development tax rate. We handle sales tax filings and tourist tax so you stay compliant on both sides of the county line.
Payroll
Payroll
Pay runs processed, tax deposits made, quarterly filings submitted, and year-end W-2s issued. Whether you have two employees or twenty, payroll gets handled without you tracking deadlines yourself.
Longboat Key Businesses We Work With
The island economy runs on real estate, tourism, and the services that support both. Condos and homes get rented short-term. Properties need management, maintenance, cleaning, and landscaping year-round. Restaurants and shops serve visitors during season and locals the rest of the year. Each of these businesses has financial complexity that a spreadsheet can’t handle well, but most aren’t large enough to justify a full-time accounting hire.
We work with owner-operated businesses that need professional accounting without the overhead. Miguel Zavaleta, our lead CPA, spent over 20 years working with small businesses and nonprofits before founding EMG. That background means we understand the financial challenges that come with running a smaller operation where the owner is involved in everything.
Vacation Rental Owners
Vacation Rental Owners
Rental property owners on Longboat Key need income and expenses tracked by unit, proper depreciation schedules, and tourist tax filings handled on time. We set up your books so each property shows its own profitability, not just a blended number that hides what’s working and what isn’t.
Property and Home Services
Property and Home Services
Property managers, pool service companies, landscapers, and cleaning crews that keep Longboat Key properties in shape. Recurring revenue, seasonal staffing changes, and job tracking for businesses that serve dozens of properties across the island and nearby areas.
Restaurants and Retail
Restaurants and Retail
The dining and shopping along Gulf of Mexico Drive depends on seasonal traffic but operates year-round. We handle daily sales reconciliation, tip reporting, inventory tracking, and the cash flow management that restaurants and retail shops need to get through the slower months.
Professional Services
Professional Services
Consultants, real estate agents, financial advisors, and other professionals who run their practice from the island or nearby. Clean monthly books, quarterly estimates, and tax preparation so you spend your time on clients instead of accounting software.
Common Questions
You're in Riverview. Why work with a Longboat Key business?
We're about an hour north in the Tampa Bay area. Almost everything we do happens digitally, so the drive rarely matters. When it does, we're close enough to meet. Several of our clients operate in the Sarasota and Manatee County area already.
Do you work with vacation rental owners?
Yes. Longboat Key has a lot of short-term rental activity and we work with property owners who need rental income tracked, expenses categorized by property, and tourist development tax handled correctly.
What does monthly bookkeeping cost?
Starting at $200 per month depending on volume and complexity. Rental property owners with multiple units or seasonal businesses with fluctuating activity get pricing that reflects their actual needs.
Can you help with Florida sales tax and tourist tax?
Yes. We handle sales tax filings and the tourist development tax that applies to short-term rentals in both Sarasota and Manatee counties. Longboat Key straddles both, so getting this right matters.
My books haven't been updated in over a year. Can you help?
That's a common starting point for us. We do catch-up work to bring everything current, then transition into monthly service so it stays that way.
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Tell us about your business and where you need support. We'll walk through your situation, answer your questions, and give you a clear quote.
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