Industries
Accounting and tax for the businesses we work with most.
Ashmore Books works with U.S. small businesses and growing companies across a range of industries, from first-hire businesses to multi-entity companies that need CFO-level support. Every engagement starts from the same question: do the numbers hold together?
Client types
Where the accounting problems tend to look alike.
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Content Creators & Influencers
YouTubers, streamers, podcasters, and influencers: platform payouts reconciled to YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Patreon and brand-deal statements, 1099-NEC and 1099-K tied out, quarterly estimated taxes, S-Corp analysis, and cleanup when the books are a year of PayPal and Stripe dumps.
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Franchise Owners
Multi-unit franchisees with several LLCs: consolidated monthly close, a location profitability dashboard, budgets and expense control, cash management for payroll-heavy operations, acquisition due diligence, and tax planning across entities.
Professional Services
Agencies, consultants, and firms with retainers, deferred revenue, contractor payments, and owner compensation questions.
Medical, Dental & Home Care
Physician and dentist-owned practices and home care agencies: on-time monthly financials, equipment purchase tax planning, tax planning for high-margin practices, payroll-heavy cost control, and CFO reporting. See practice accounting.
Restaurants & Hospitality
High transaction volume, POS and delivery-platform deposits, tips and payroll liabilities, and sales tax that must reconcile.
E-commerce
Shopify, Amazon, and payment-processor payouts reconciled to gross sales, fees, refunds, and inventory.
Real Estate / Rentals
Property-level reporting, loans and escrow, security deposits, and Schedule E or partnership return support.
Trades / Construction
Job costing, retainage, equipment loans, subcontractor 1099s, and progress billing.
Multi-entity Businesses
Intercompany activity, shared expenses, consolidated management reporting, and coordinated tax filings.
Growing Companies Needing a CFO
Owner-led businesses scaling past the first hires, preparing for financing, or running multiple entities, with management financials, forecasts, and decision support. See CFO Services.
Software
Platforms we work in.
QuickBooks Online is our primary platform. We also work in Xero and other U.S. accounting platforms, along with the payroll, payment-processor, and e-commerce systems that feed them.
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- QuickBooks Desktop
- Gusto and other payroll providers
- Stripe, Square, PayPal
- Shopify and Amazon
Do not see your industry?
The approach is the same: review the books, fix what is wrong, keep them current, and connect them to tax. Tell us about the business.