California · Industry Accounting

California accounting, built for your industry.

California's tax and labor rules hit every industry differently — district sales tax by ship-to for sellers, ASC 606 for agencies, tipped payroll for restaurants, trust accounting for real estate, rule 1.15 trust records for law firms, prevailing wage for construction. We build the books around what your industry actually needs, by your TechBrot team, with every close reviewed by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.

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§ The short version

California industry accounting from TechBrot covers seven California-weighted verticals: e-commerce, agencies and SaaS, restaurants, real estate, professional services, law firms and construction. Each page is built on the state rule that shapes those books, from district sales tax and AB5 to prevailing wage; other industries use our global industry pages.

§ 01 · California-weighted verticals

Seven California industries we build books for.

Each page is built around that industry’s California-specific accounting — not a keyword swap.

E-commerce

Multi-channel reconciliation, CDTFA district sales tax by ship-to location, economic nexus, and inventory/COGS by SKU and channel.

E-commerce accounting

Agencies, SaaS & Production

ASC 606 gross-vs-net on pass-through media, deferred revenue and MRR/ARR, project profitability, and AB5 freelancer tracking.

Agency & SaaS accounting

Restaurants & Hospitality

High-volume POS reconciliation, tipped payroll with California’s uncapped SDI, food-vs-alcohol sales tax, and multi-location roll-ups.

Restaurant accounting

Real Estate

Multi-entity ledgers, broker and property-management trust records, Prop 13 basis and 1031 documentation, and agent commissions.

Real estate accounting

Professional Services

Project profitability, partner draws, and AB5 contractor analysis for consultancies, agencies, and other professional firms.

Professional services

Law Firms

Operating books by matter, flat-fee and earned-fee records, and client trust ledgers balanced monthly under rule 1.15 — the records behind the annual CTAPP certification.

Law firm accounting

Construction

Job costing, WIP, AIA billing and retainage, California prevailing-wage and certified payroll, CSLB-aware books, and subcontractor AB5.

Construction accounting

Don’t see your industry? Healthcare, nonprofit, manufacturing, trucking, and others are served via our global industry pages — with the California specifics built into your file. Tell us what you do

§ 02 · Around this page

Around California.

California QuickBooks ProAdvisor & bookkeeping

The state page: services, industries, cities and the California tax terms in one place.

Also in California

California cities

Not sure where your file stands? Start with the free QuickBooks file review · how California compares: state-by-state tax quirks.

§ 03 · Questions

California industry accounting questions.

What industries do you serve in California?

We build dedicated, California-specific books for seven state-weighted verticals: e-commerce, agencies & SaaS, restaurants and hospitality, real estate, professional services (consultancies and other professional firms), law firms, and construction. Each is built around that industry’s California tax and labor rules — not a keyword swap. Industries not listed are served through our global industry pages, with the California specifics applied to your file.

Why does my industry need California-specific accounting?

Because California’s rules hit each industry differently: district sales tax sourced by ship-to for sellers, ASC 606 principal-vs-agent for agencies, uncapped SDI and tipped payroll for restaurants, trust accounting for real estate, rule 1.15 trust records and CTAPP for law firms, prevailing wage and certified payroll for construction, and AB5 across all of them. A generic setup misses these, and fixing them later is a cleanup.

What if my industry isn’t one of the seven?

We still serve you — through our global industry pages — with the California specifics ($800 franchise tax, CDTFA district sales tax, AB5) applied to your file. The seven listed here are the verticals where California creates genuinely distinct requirements; everywhere else, the California stack still gets built in.

Do you work in my own QuickBooks file?

Yes — your file, your data, in QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop, with a senior bookkeeper assigned to your file, and every close reviewed by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor before it reaches you, connected to the tools your industry runs on.

Do you serve businesses outside the big California metros?

Yes — all 58 California counties, delivered remotely on QuickBooks. Your industry and your California requirements drive the books; your location changes the tax context but not the service.

California businesses start here

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What happens after you call

01We talk for up to 30 minutes.You tell us where the books stand; we ask the questions that decide the scope. No charge.
02We look at the file if we need to.You add us as an accountant user in your own QuickBooks file, and you can remove us at any time. If the file cannot be priced without working inside it, we say so and propose the paid diagnostic, whose fee is credited in full against the cleanup.
03You get a fixed fee in writing.What we will fix, what you will receive and one fixed fee. Nothing starts until you accept it.