El Paso · El Paso County · Texas
El Paso bookkeeper & QuickBooks accountant.
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for El Paso businesses — built around the border economy (cross-border U.S.-Mexico trade, maquiladora-linked manufacturing and logistics, the Fort Bliss defense economy), with the Texas franchise “margin” tax and 8.25% sales tax handled. A named bookkeeper on the same file every month, kept CPA-ready for your CPA to file.
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor team · El Paso & the borderplex · Fixed-fee · written scope in 3 days
TechBrot delivers Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for El Paso businesses — monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, and QuickBooks management by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month, fluent in cross-border trade accounting and the Texas franchise (margin) tax and sales-tax structure. The full El Paso summary is below.
Reviewed by the Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor team at TechBrot Inc., an independent firm — not affiliated with Intuit Inc. El Paso & Texas tax figures verified against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
The short version.
TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for El Paso businesses — monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, and QuickBooks management by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month. Texas has no state personal or corporate income tax, and El Paso levies no city income or gross-receipts tax — so what shapes the books here is the border economy and the Texas tax stack. El Paso is the largest U.S. city on the Mexico border and one half of the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez binational metroplex — a major inland port for U.S.-Mexico trade — so the distinctive accounting is cross-border trade (USD/MXN currency, customs brokerage, import/export, freight forwarding, duty and tariff), maquiladora-linked manufacturing and warehousing/logistics, and the Fort Bliss defense economy and its contractors. The Texas stack: the Texas Franchise (“margin”) tax (Comptroller; below a revenue threshold no tax is due), 8.25% sales tax, and the annual business personal property rendition — the latter notable because El Paso carries a relatively high effective property-tax burden. We build awareness of all of it into your books, keep them 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 or hosted Desktop. Independent firm — not affiliated with Intuit Inc.; does not file Texas taxes.
El Paso bookkeeping, in five questions.
Who provides bookkeeping for El Paso businesses?
TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for El Paso and borderplex businesses — a named bookkeeper per file, delivered remotely on QuickBooks, fluent in cross-border trade accounting and the Texas franchise (margin) tax and sales-tax structure.
Does Texas have a state income tax?
No. Texas has no state personal or corporate income tax, and El Paso has no city income or gross-receipts tax. Instead, businesses face the Texas Franchise Tax (the “margin” tax) through the Comptroller — with no tax due below a revenue threshold — plus 8.25% sales tax and annual business personal property rendition for property tax. We track all of it; the Comptroller’s rules and your CPA confirm what’s due.
Do you handle cross-border trade accounting?
Yes — it’s the defining El Paso need. Importers, exporters, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and maquiladora-linked manufacturers need clean multi-currency (USD/MXN) records, import/export and duty/tariff cost tracking, and intercompany records across the border. We keep the books to that standard in QuickBooks; customs filing stays with your licensed customs broker and the tax positions with your CPA, whom we coordinate with. We are not a customs broker.
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. Cross-border and multi-entity El Paso businesses often carry currency and intercompany complexity, which we scope transparently before any work begins.
Which areas do you serve?
All of El Paso — Downtown and the international bridges, the manufacturing and warehouse districts in the Lower Valley and Northeast, the Fort Bliss area, the Westside and Upper Valley, and the wider borderplex — delivered remotely on QuickBooks, so your location doesn’t change the service or the named bookkeeper on your file.
Why El Paso books are different.
El Paso runs on the border, and that — not a city tax — is what makes its books their own discipline. Texas has no state income tax, and El Paso levies no city income or gross-receipts tax, so the work is about the economy and the Texas stack.
El Paso is the largest U.S. city on the Mexico border and one half of the El Paso–Ciudad Juárez binational metroplex — a major inland port where goods cross the international bridges daily. So the distinctive accounting is cross-border trade: multi-currency (USD/MXN) records, customs and freight cost tracking, import/export and duty/tariff, and intercompany books for companies operating on both sides. Maquiladora-linked manufacturing and the warehousing/logistics that feeds it drive job costing and inventory work, and Fort Bliss — one of the largest U.S. Army installations — anchors a defense-contractor and base-services economy.
The Texas tax stack still has to be right: the Texas Franchise (“margin”) tax — below a revenue threshold no tax is due, but the position must be tracked — 8.25% sales and use tax, and the annual business personal property rendition to the county appraisal district. That last one matters more here than most places: El Paso carries a relatively high effective property-tax burden, so equipment and inventory rendered for property tax is real money. A generic bookkeeper has never reconciled a peso-denominated intercompany account or tracked duty into landed cost; we put a named bookkeeper on your file who understands cross-border work, with the tax positions left to your CPA.
The result: books that reflect how an El Paso business actually runs — multi-currency records clean, landed cost and duty tracked, intercompany and maquiladora allocations straight, the margin tax and sales tax handled, and business personal property ready to render — reconciled monthly and handed to your CPA CPA-ready.
El Paso areas we serve.
El Paso’s tax stack, at a glance.
Texas has no state personal or corporate income tax and El Paso has no city income/gross-receipts tax. Instead the state levies the Texas Franchise (“margin”) tax through the Comptroller, calculated on margin — with no tax due below a revenue threshold. We track the position in your books; the Comptroller’s rules and your CPA confirm what’s due.
El Paso combined sales & use tax — Texas’s 6.25% state rate plus local add-ons up to 2% (8.25% in the city), administered by the Texas Comptroller, not the IRS. Tracked and reconciled in QuickBooks for an accurate return — with use tax on cross-border purchases watched.
El Paso carries a relatively high effective property-tax burden, and Texas funds local government with property tax rather than income tax — so the annual business personal property rendition of equipment, furniture, and inventory to the county appraisal district is real money here. We keep fixed-asset and inventory records clean so it’s ready; valuation and any protest stay with your CPA or a property-tax consultant.
Industry-specific bookkeeping for El Paso businesses.
Each links to our dedicated industry page, with the El Paso wrinkles built in.
Complete bookkeeping, El Paso-aware.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled accounts, a clean chart of accounts, and monthly statements — with multi-currency records straight, the margin-tax position tracked, and 8.25% sales tax reconciled.
Cross-border / multi-entity cleanup
Intercompany, peso-denominated, and multi-entity border books drift fast. We get the file CPA-ready — currency and intercompany rebuilt — then keep it clean.
QuickBooks management
Setup, cleanup, and ongoing management in QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop — with multi-currency, landed-cost, job-costing, and multi-entity structure where needed.
Sales- & margin-tax-ready books
Books structured so your CPA can file the Texas sales tax and franchise (margin) tax accurately, with business personal property ready to render.
Automation handles the data entry. We handle the judgment.
Across currencies, customs, and partners on both sides of the border, the value isn’t categorizing a transaction — it’s knowing your landed cost is right, your peso-denominated intercompany accounts reconcile, your margin-tax position is tracked, and your jobs and inventory are costed. That judgment is what a named El Paso bookkeeper brings, and what fractional-CFO advisory extends once the books are clean.
Reviewed by the TechBrot Certified ProAdvisor team.
Reviewer
TechBrot Certified ProAdvisor team · 40+ years combined operational accounting experience
Standards
Verified vs the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · No tax-filing, customs-brokerage, or representation claims (out of scope) · Reviewed periodically · No fabricated data
Independence
Independent Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor firm · Not affiliated with Intuit Inc.
El Paso bookkeeping questions.
Do you have a bookkeeper for my El Paso business?
Does Texas have a state income tax?
Do you handle cross-border and multi-currency accounting?
What is the Texas franchise (margin) tax?
Why does business personal property matter so much in El Paso?
How much does an El Paso bookkeeper cost?
Can you clean up a messy El Paso QuickBooks file?
How do we get started in El Paso?
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Book an El Paso discovery call.
30 minutes. We review where your books stand and your El Paso context — cross-border trade and currency, customs and freight detail, maquiladora-linked manufacturing, the Fort Bliss economy, the Texas margin tax, and 8.25% sales tax — and recommend the right engagement. Written fixed-fee scope within 3 business days. No pitch. Independent firm — does not file TX taxes; coordinates with your CPA.