Do you have a bookkeeper for my Staten Island business?

Yes. TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for businesses across Staten Island — North Shore professional services, Mid-Island and South Shore family businesses, contractors and trades borough-wide. Work is delivered remotely on QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop, by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month, with full fluency in the NYC taxes that affect Staten Island businesses.

What taxes does a Staten Island business pay?

A Staten Island business pays New York City’s 8.875% combined sales tax (the same rate across all five boroughs) and, if it’s unincorporated — a sole proprietor, partnership, or LLC — the 4% Unincorporated Business Tax once gross income tops $95,000. The Commercial Rent Tax does not apply on Staten Island; it’s limited to Manhattan south of 96th Street. So a Staten Island business tracks one fewer NYC tax than a comparable Manhattan one.

Do Staten Island businesses owe the Commercial Rent Tax?

No. The NYC Commercial Rent Tax applies only to commercial tenants located in Manhattan south of the center line of 96th Street. Businesses on Staten Island — along with Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx — are not subject to it. A Staten Island lease never triggers the CRT.

Do I owe the NYC Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) on Staten Island?

Possibly — it depends on size and structure. The UBT is a 4% NYC tax on net business income for sole proprietors, single-member LLCs, partnerships, and multi-member LLCs doing business in the city, including Staten Island. It only kicks in once gross income exceeds $95,000, and there’s a credit that fully offsets the UBT when the tax owed is $3,400 or less (partial up to $5,400) — so many smaller Staten Island businesses owe little or nothing. We keep the books structured so the real number is clear for your CPA to file on the NYC-202 or NYC-204.

How much does a Staten Island bookkeeper cost?

TechBrot quotes fixed monthly fees against a written scope — not hourly. Ongoing monthly bookkeeping runs $400–$2,500+/mo depending on transaction volume and accounts; one-time cleanup runs $1,500–$15,000+. Contractors with job-costing needs are scoped transparently before any work begins.

Do you work with Staten Island contractors and the trades?

Yes — construction and the trades are central to Staten Island’s economy, so job costing is core to what we do here. We track costs job by job, keep contractor books clean, and produce the lender- or bonding-ready records that contracting work demands — so each job’s profitability is clear and the file holds up to scrutiny.

Can you clean up a messy Staten Island QuickBooks file?

Yes — it’s one of the most common engagements. Staten Island businesses fall behind for the usual reasons — growth, turnover, wearing too many hats. We scope a one-time cleanup or catch-up to a CPA-ready standard, then move into monthly bookkeeping so the file stays clean.

How do we get started on Staten Island?

Book a free discovery call. We’ll review your QuickBooks file and your Staten Island situation, identify whether you need cleanup, monthly bookkeeping, or both, and send a written fixed-fee proposal within 3 business days. A named ProAdvisor starts on your file as soon as you approve the scope.

Staten Island · New York City

Staten Island bookkeeper & QuickBooks accountant.

Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Staten Island businesses — from construction and trades to professional services, healthcare, and neighborhood retail. NYC’s 8.875% sales tax and the UBT handled; the Commercial Rent Tax doesn’t apply here. A named bookkeeper on the same file every month.

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The short version.

TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Staten Island businesses — monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, and QuickBooks management by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month. Staten Island businesses pay NYC’s 8.875% combined sales tax and, if unincorporated, the 4% Unincorporated Business Tax (after a $95,000 gross-income threshold, with a credit that fully offsets UBT of $3,400 or less) — but the Commercial Rent Tax does not apply on Staten Island (it’s Manhattan-only, south of 96th Street). We keep your books CPA-ready and coordinate with your CPA, who files. Fixed-fee against a written scope ($400–$2,500+/mo monthly; cleanup $1,500–$15,000+). Delivered remotely on QuickBooks Online.

Quick answers

Staten Island bookkeeping, in five questions.

Who provides bookkeeping for Staten Island businesses?: TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping across Staten Island — construction and trades, healthcare, professional services, and neighborhood retail — with a named bookkeeper per file and fluency in NYC taxes.
What taxes affect a Staten Island business?: The 8.875% NYC combined sales tax and, for unincorporated businesses, the 4% UBT. The Commercial Rent Tax does not apply on Staten Island — it’s limited to Manhattan south of 96th Street.
What does it cost?: $400–$2,500+/mo for monthly bookkeeping; $1,500–$15,000+ for one-time cleanup. Fixed-fee against a written scope, never hourly.
Do Staten Island businesses owe Commercial Rent Tax?: No. The CRT applies only to commercial tenants in Manhattan south of 96th Street. A Staten Island business does not owe it.
Do you work with contractors and trades?: Yes — construction and the trades are central to Staten Island’s economy. We keep job costing, contractor books, and lender-ready records clean in QuickBooks so each job’s profitability is clear.

Staten Island shares New York City’s taxes but stands apart as its most suburban borough — a base of construction and trades, family-owned businesses, healthcare, and neighborhood retail, and the books have to reflect that.

Staten Island is the city’s most suburban borough, and its business base looks the part: a strong concentration of construction firms and the trades, family-owned small businesses, a sizable healthcare sector, professional-services practices, and neighborhood retail along commercial corridors from St. George to the South Shore. Construction and contracting in particular define a large share of the borough’s small-business activity — work that lives or dies on accurate job costing. The bookkeeping spans project-based contractors, owner-operated service businesses, and standard retail collecting the 8.875% rate.

That profile is exactly what generic, software-only bookkeeping serves poorly. A contractor needs costs tracked job by job — not lumped together — or there’s no way to know which work actually made money, and no clean file when a lender or bonding company asks. A family business needs books solid enough to qualify for financing or plan a succession. A retailer needs deposits reconciled against the 8.875% sales-tax rate so the quarterly return is right. And every unincorporated Staten Island business needs its books structured for the UBT — a tax many owners first hear about via a notice. TechBrot keeps a named bookkeeper on your file who understands a Staten Island contractor keeps books differently than a Manhattan office.

The result: books that reflect how a Staten Island business actually operates, reconciled every month, and handed to your CPA CPA-ready — so filing the UBT and sales tax is fast and accurate, and the Commercial Rent Tax you don’t owe never enters the picture.

St. George / North Shore
Professional services, retail, ferry-corridor business
Mid-Island
Construction, trades, healthcare, retail
South Shore
Family-owned business, services, retail
Hylan Boulevard corridor
Retail, restaurants, neighborhood commerce
Industrial / West Shore
Contractors, logistics, light industry
Borough-wide
Construction, healthcare, nonprofits

The Staten Island tax picture we build into your books

Staten Island's tax stack, at a glance.

8.875%

Combined sales tax — the citywide NYC rate (4% state + 4.5% city + 0.375% MCTD), the same across all five boroughs. Tracked and reconciled in QuickBooks for an accurate quarterly return.

4%

Unincorporated Business Tax on sole proprietors, partnerships & LLCs doing business in NYC — applies once gross income tops $95,000; a credit fully offsets it when UBT owed is $3,400 or less. Filed on NYC-202/204 by your CPA.

$0

Commercial Rent Tax in Staten Island — the CRT applies only to Manhattan south of 96th Street, so Staten Island tenants don't owe it. One less NYC tax to track than a Manhattan business.

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Monthly bookkeeping

Reconciled accounts, clean chart of accounts, and monthly statements — with NYC sales tax tracked. New York monthly bookkeeping →

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Cleanup & catch-up

High-volume Staten Island books fall behind fast. We get the file CPA-ready, then keep it clean. New York cleanup →

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QuickBooks management

Setup, cleanup, and ongoing management in QuickBooks Online or Desktop. NY QuickBooks accountant →

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UBT & sales-tax-ready books

Books structured so your CPA can file the NYC UBT and quarterly sales tax accurately. NYC sales tax help →

The advisory line

Automation handles the data entry. We handle the judgment.

For a Staten Island contractor or family business, the value isn’t categorizing a transaction — it’s knowing which jobs actually made money, whether the file will pass a bonding or lender review, or how the business hands to the next generation. That judgment is what a named Staten Island bookkeeper brings, and what fractional-CFO advisory extends once the books are clean.

Common questions

Staten Island bookkeeping questions.

: Yes. TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for businesses across Staten Island — North Shore professional services, Mid-Island and South Shore family businesses, contractors and trades borough-wide. Work is delivered remotely on QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop, by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month, with full fluency in the NYC taxes that affect Staten Island businesses.
: A Staten Island business pays New York City’s 8.875% combined sales tax (the same rate across all five boroughs) and, if it’s unincorporated — a sole proprietor, partnership, or LLC — the 4% Unincorporated Business Tax once gross income tops $95,000. The Commercial Rent Tax does not apply on Staten Island; it’s limited to Manhattan south of 96th Street. So a Staten Island business tracks one fewer NYC tax than a comparable Manhattan one.
: No. The NYC Commercial Rent Tax applies only to commercial tenants located in Manhattan south of the center line of 96th Street. Businesses on Staten Island — along with Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx — are not subject to it. A Staten Island lease never triggers the CRT.
: Possibly — it depends on size and structure. The UBT is a 4% NYC tax on net business income for sole proprietors, single-member LLCs, partnerships, and multi-member LLCs doing business in the city, including Staten Island. It only kicks in once gross income exceeds $95,000, and there’s a credit that fully offsets the UBT when the tax owed is $3,400 or less (partial up to $5,400) — so many smaller Staten Island businesses owe little or nothing. We keep the books structured so the real number is clear for your CPA to file on the NYC-202 or NYC-204.
: TechBrot quotes fixed monthly fees against a written scope — not hourly. Ongoing monthly bookkeeping runs $400–$2,500+/mo depending on transaction volume and accounts; one-time cleanup runs $1,500–$15,000+. Contractors with job-costing needs are scoped transparently before any work begins.
: Yes — construction and the trades are central to Staten Island’s economy, so job costing is core to what we do here. We track costs job by job, keep contractor books clean, and produce the lender- or bonding-ready records that contracting work demands — so each job’s profitability is clear and the file holds up to scrutiny.
: Yes — it’s one of the most common engagements. Staten Island businesses fall behind for the usual reasons — growth, turnover, wearing too many hats. We scope a one-time cleanup or catch-up to a CPA-ready standard, then move into monthly bookkeeping so the file stays clean.
: Book a free discovery call. We’ll review your QuickBooks file and your Staten Island situation, identify whether you need cleanup, monthly bookkeeping, or both, and send a written fixed-fee proposal within 3 business days. A named ProAdvisor starts on your file as soon as you approve the scope.

Page review & standards

Reviewed by the TechBrot Certified ProAdvisor team.

Reviewed and maintained by the accounting team at TechBrot Inc., an independent Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor firm serving Staten Island and the wider New York City market. Staten Island tax figures (8.875% combined sales tax; 4% UBT after the $95,000 gross-income threshold, with a credit fully offsetting UBT of $3,400 or less; and no Commercial Rent Tax, which applies only to Manhattan south of 96th Street) reflect NYC Department of Finance and NYS Department of Taxation and Finance rules current as of the date below and are reviewed periodically. TechBrot provides bookkeeping and coordinates with your CPA, who files.

Reviewer

Lead Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor · 40+ years operational accounting experience

Standards

Verified vs NYC Dept of Finance & NYS Tax · No tax-filing or representation claims (out of scope) · Reviewed periodically · No fabricated data

Last reviewed: June 2026

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TechBrot is an independent Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor firm serving Staten Island remotely. We provide bookkeeping, QuickBooks, payroll, and advisory services and coordinate with your CPA or EA. We do not file tax returns or represent clients before tax authorities. Staten Island tax figures are educational and current as of the review date. QuickBooks is a registered trademark of Intuit Inc.; TechBrot is not affiliated with Intuit Inc.