Houston · Harris County · Texas
Houston bookkeeper & QuickBooks accountant.
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Houston businesses — built around the energy economy (oil & gas, services, midstream, petrochemical), the Port of Houston, and the Texas Medical Center, 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 · Houston & the Gulf Coast · Fixed-fee · written scope in 3 days
TechBrot delivers Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Houston businesses — monthly bookkeeping, cleanup, and QuickBooks management by a named bookkeeper on the same file every month, fluent in oil-and-gas accounting and the Texas franchise (margin) tax and sales-tax structure. The full Houston summary is below.
Reviewed by the Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor team at TechBrot Inc., an independent firm — not affiliated with Intuit Inc. Houston & Texas tax figures verified against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
The short version.
TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Houston 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 Houston levies no city income or gross-receipts tax — so what shapes the books here is the energy economy and the Texas tax stack. Houston is the U.S. energy capital (oil & gas majors, services, midstream, petrochemical), home to the Port of Houston and the Texas Medical Center, so the distinctive accounting is oil & gas — joint-interest billing (JIB), royalties, severance/production tax, AFEs — plus export/port logistics and medical. The Texas stack: the Texas Franchise (“margin”) tax (Comptroller; below a revenue threshold no tax is due), 8.25% sales tax, and business personal property rendition. 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.
Houston bookkeeping, in five questions.
Who provides bookkeeping for Houston businesses?
TechBrot provides Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping for Houston and Gulf Coast businesses — a named bookkeeper per file, delivered remotely on QuickBooks, fluent in oil-and-gas 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 Houston 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 oil and gas accounting?
Yes — it’s the defining Houston need. Operators, working-interest owners, and oilfield-services companies need joint-interest billing (JIB), royalty and working-interest tracking, AFE tracking, and awareness of the severance/production tax. We keep the books to that standard in QuickBooks; depletion and the tax positions stay with your specialized CPA, whom we coordinate with.
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. Energy operators and multi-entity Houston businesses often carry JIB and inventory complexity, which we scope transparently before any work begins.
Which areas do you serve?
All of Houston — Downtown and the Energy Corridor, the Texas Medical Center, the Galleria/Uptown, the Ship Channel and port-industrial district, and the wider Gulf Coast metro — delivered remotely on QuickBooks, so your location doesn’t change the service or the named bookkeeper on your file.
Why Houston books are different.
Houston runs on energy, and that — not a city tax — is what makes its books their own discipline. Texas has no state income tax, and Houston levies no city income or gross-receipts tax, so the work is about the economy and the Texas stack.
On the energy side, operators, working-interest owners, and oilfield-services and midstream companies need joint-interest billing (JIB) to allocate costs among partners, royalty accounting, AFE (authorization-for-expenditure) tracking, and awareness of the oil & gas severance/production tax the Comptroller administers. The Port of Houston drives export/import and logistics accounting, and the Texas Medical Center anchors a large medical and research 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 annual business personal property rendition to the county appraisal district, since Texas funds local government with property tax rather than income tax. A generic bookkeeper has never seen a JIB statement or tracked a severance position; we put a named bookkeeper on your file who has, with the tax positions left to your CPA.
The result: books that reflect how a Houston business actually runs — JIB and working-interest allocations clean, royalties tracked, severance awareness built in, the margin tax and sales tax handled, and business personal property ready to render — reconciled monthly and handed to your CPA CPA-ready.
Houston areas we serve.
Houston’s tax stack, at a glance.
Texas has no state personal or corporate income tax and Houston 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.
Houston 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.
Oil & gas severance/production tax — Texas taxes oil and natural-gas production through the Comptroller, alongside business personal property rendition for property tax. We keep production, JIB, and fixed-asset records clean so these are handled; the rates and filings stay with your CPA.
Industry-specific bookkeeping for Houston businesses.
Each links to our dedicated industry page, with the Houston wrinkles built in.
Complete bookkeeping, Houston-aware.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled accounts, a clean chart of accounts, and monthly statements — with the margin-tax position tracked and 8.25% sales tax reconciled.
Oil & gas / multi-entity cleanup
JIB, royalty, and multi-entity energy books drift fast. We get the file CPA-ready — allocations rebuilt — then keep it clean.
QuickBooks management
Setup, cleanup, and ongoing management in QuickBooks Online or hosted Desktop — with JIB, working-interest, 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 wells, leases, and partners, the value isn’t categorizing a transaction — it’s knowing your working-interest allocations are right, your royalty owners are paid correctly, your margin-tax position is tracked, and your jobs are costed. That judgment is what a named Houston 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, severance/depletion, or representation claims (out of scope) · Reviewed periodically · No fabricated data
Independence
Independent Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor firm · Not affiliated with Intuit Inc.
Houston bookkeeping questions.
Do you have a bookkeeper for my Houston business?
Does Texas have a state income tax?
What is the Texas franchise (margin) tax?
Do you handle oil and gas accounting?
What is business personal property rendition?
How much does a Houston bookkeeper cost?
Can you clean up a messy Houston QuickBooks file?
How do we get started in Houston?
Houston businesses start here
Book a Houston discovery call.
30 minutes. We review where your books stand and your Houston context — oil-and-gas JIB and royalty accounting, severance/production tax, the Texas margin tax, 8.25% sales tax, export and port detail — 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.