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Industry-specific accounting for Delaware businesses — holding companies, ecommerce, professional services, real estate, construction, and finance — configured around the number that runs each business, with Delaware’s rules (no sales tax, the gross receipts tax, the franchise-tax reserve, Wilmington’s wage and net-profits tax) built in. Same named-bookkeeper model, same fixed fee, across Delaware.
Delaware industry accounting from TechBrot builds the books around how each business earns: intercompany ledgers for holding companies, channel reconciliation for ecommerce, job costing for builders, per-property books for real estate. On top sits Delaware’s layer: no sales tax, a gross receipts tax by activity, the annual franchise tax, and Wilmington’s 1.25% wage and net-profits tax.
Six industries with dedicated Delaware pages — each built around the number that runs that business, with the state’s rules included.
Intercompany books, separate ledgers per entity, and a franchise-tax reserve for the holding companies and registered entities Delaware is known for — including out-of-state owners.
Focus · Intercompany & per-entity books
Holding CompaniesNo sales tax to collect, but gross-receipts tracking on the seller, multi-channel revenue, COGS, and multi-state nexus wherever you ship.
Focus · Gross receipts & nexus
EcommerceAgencies, consultancies, and firms — gross receipts by activity, Wilmington net-profits tax, owner-comp, and project profitability.
Focus · GRT by activity
Professional ServicesOperators and investors from New Castle to the Sussex coast — entity-per-property books, owner draws, and gross receipts on rental and commission income.
Focus · Per-property books
Real EstateJob costing, WIP, and retainage for builders riding Delaware’s Middletown and Sussex growth — with gross receipts by contract activity and CPA-ready job profitability.
Focus · Job costing & WIP
ConstructionWilmington’s credit-card and banking corridor — clean books for fintechs, lenders, advisers, and fund entities, with intercompany structure and audit-ready reporting.
Focus · Intercompany & audit-ready
Finance & BankingMost bookkeepers treat every business the same: categorize, reconcile, produce a P&L. That’s fine until you need the thing your industry actually turns on — job profitability on a build, profit per property, whether a holding company’s intercompany entries reconcile cleanly. Those numbers don’t appear by accident; the books have to be built to surface them.
In Delaware there’s a second layer, and it surprises owners and out-of-state bookkeepers alike: there is no sales tax to collect, but the state levies a gross receipts tax on the seller — 0.0945%–1.9914% by business activity — so QuickBooks has to track receipts by activity category. Every Delaware entity also owes an annual franchise tax (a flat $400 for LLCs/LPs, $175–$200,000 for corporations, or $250,000 for a Large Corporate Filer) that has to be reserved for in the books, and businesses inside Wilmington owe the city’s 1.25% wage and net-profits tax. We configure QuickBooks around both — how your industry runs, and how Delaware taxes it. As automation commoditizes routine entry, that combined judgment is where the value now lives.
The same operating standard and QuickBooks ProAdvisor delivery, with each industry’s real Delaware angle.
Sussex County’s agriculture, poultry, and manufacturing base — inventory and COGS, QuickBooks Enterprise, and gross receipts by activity. Scoped for Delaware on the call.
ExploreCoastal Rehoboth, Lewes, and Dewey hospitality — daily POS reconciliation, prime cost, tips, and gross receipts — with seasonal cash discipline. Scoped for Delaware on the call.
ExploreDover and Bayhealth-area practices — insurance reconciliation, billed-vs-collected tracking, and per-provider books. Scoped for Delaware on the call.
ExploreFund accounting, board-ready reporting, and grant tracking for Delaware nonprofits — with the franchise-tax exemption confirmed in the books. Scoped for Delaware on the call.
ExploreDon’t see your industry with a dedicated Delaware page? Every engagement runs under the same standard : a senior bookkeeper, every close checked against TechBrot’s close standard, a fixed fee, in your own QuickBooks file — whether or not your industry has a Delaware page yet. The links above go to our global industry pages, scoped for Delaware on the call. Talk to us
Checked against the Delaware Division of Revenue and, for the Wilmington rate, the City of Wilmington tax rates (FY 2023 budget summary, p. 45).
Not sure where your file stands? Start with the free QuickBooks file review · how Delaware compares: state-by-state tax quirks · just formed? after you incorporate in Delaware.
Every industry breaks its books in a different place — job costing for construction, per-property profit for real estate, intercompany structure for holding companies, gross receipts by activity for agencies. Delaware adds its own layer on top: no sales tax to collect, but a gross receipts tax on the seller, an annual franchise-tax reserve every entity owes, and Wilmington’s 1.25% wage and net-profits tax. Generic bookkeeping misses the number that runs your business; we configure QuickBooks around how your industry actually operates, with Delaware’s specifics built in.
Dedicated Delaware expertise for incorporation and holding companies, ecommerce, professional services, real estate, construction, and finance and banking — the sectors most concentrated in the Delaware economy — plus manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and nonprofits through our global industry pages. Every engagement runs under one standard: a senior bookkeeper, every close checked against TechBrot’s close standard, a fixed fee, in your own QuickBooks file, across Delaware.
Yes — that’s the point of an industry page. We configure gross-receipts tracking by business activity, set up the franchise-tax reserve every Delaware entity owes, build intercompany structure for holding companies, and account for Wilmington’s wage and net-profits tax where it applies. We build the Delaware rules into the books, then coordinate with your CPA and registered agent for filing.
Correct — Delaware imposes no state or local sales tax, so there is nothing to collect from customers and no sales-tax return. In its place is the gross receipts tax, levied on your own total receipts (0.0945%–1.9914% by business activity, after a monthly or quarterly exclusion amount), filed with the Division of Revenue. The bookkeeping consequence is real: QuickBooks has to track receipts by activity category so the right rate applies and the return reconciles. Out-of-state bookkeepers who assume Delaware works like a sales-tax state get this wrong.
A QuickBooks ProAdvisor with one client advisor as your contact, working in your own QuickBooks file remotely — serving New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties directly and remotely. The same bookkeeper stays on your file wherever possible; any change needs your written approval. The industry-specific structure stays consistent. Prefer to talk it through first? Call (877) 751-5575 and a client advisor will scope it with you.
A fixed monthly fee against a written scope — no hourly billing — driven by your industry, transaction volume, number of entities, and complexity. Monthly bookkeeping starts at $500/mo, QuickBooks setup at $750, and bookkeeping cleanup at $1,500, all priced after a free discovery call. TechBrot keeps the books; your CPA and registered agent file. See TechBrot pricing.