Areas served
Tax Accountant and Bookkeeping in Hollywood, FL
Hospitality, family-filer, and small-business tax help for Hollywood and the Broward beach corridor.
- County
- Broward County
- Neighborhoods
- Hollywood Beach, Downtown Hollywood, Emerald Hills
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- How We Meet
- In person in Miami or fully remote
Hollywood at a glance
Tax preparation in Hollywood, FL means working for a beach city that earns its living. The Broadwalk hotels, the restaurants and bars off Harrison Street downtown, and the households in Emerald Hills make up an economy of small operators and wage-earning families rather than corporate offices. The tax work follows that: sales tax, tipped payroll, seasonal cash flow, and family returns where a side business or a rental unit is the only complicated part.
Business engagements here usually start with the books and the register. We reconcile what the point of sale system recorded against what was deposited, separate the taxable sales from what was not, and confirm the Florida sales tax return was filed on the frequency the state assigned. Hollywood is in Broward, so the surtax is sourced to Broward rather than to Miami-Dade. The two counties sit at the same rate today, but they are separate levies with separate expiration dates, so the rate gets confirmed against the county the sale is sourced to rather than assumed. With a household, we start from the last return filed.
After that the year runs on a rhythm. Payroll and tip reporting go out on schedule, sales tax is filed on your assigned frequency, and the books stay close enough to current that high season is a busy stretch rather than a mess to untangle later. We work with owners and families across the Broward line the same way we do in Miami, in English or Spanish, in person at our Biscayne Boulevard office or entirely remotely.

Who We Serve
Who We Work With in Hollywood
Four groups that account for most of our Hollywood work.
Broadwalk and Beach Lodging
Small hotels, motels, and boutique properties on and near the Broadwalk, where lodging tax, seasonal staffing, and depreciation on the building all have to be handled together.
Restaurants, Cafés, and Bars
Full-service kitchens downtown and counter service on the beach, needing the Florida sales tax return filed correctly, tips reported properly, and food cost visible in the books instead of guessed at.
Vacation Rental Hosts
Owners renting a unit or a back house by the night or the week, where lodging tax, personal use, and what actually qualifies as a deduction are the recurring questions.
Working Families and Side Businesses
Paycheck households with a side business, a rental unit, or contractor income attached, who want the return done right and the estimated payments set so nothing surprises them.
Local Filing
Filing From Broward County
What sits on top of the federal return when your business operates here.
Florida Has No Personal Income Tax
There is no state return on your personal income, so for individuals the federal return carries the whole income tax picture. Entities taxed as corporations still file a Florida corporate return, and a mistake on the federal side has nowhere else to surface and quietly get corrected.
Sales Tax Is a State Registration
A business selling taxable goods or services registers with the Florida Department of Revenue and files the state sales tax return on an assigned frequency. Broward County also levies a discretionary sales surtax on top of the state rate.
Local Business Tax Receipt
Broward County and most municipalities inside it require a local business tax receipt to operate, renewed each year. It is separate from your state registration and from anything federal.
Federal Reporting Follows the Owner
Foreign ownership, foreign accounts, and foreign entities each trigger their own federal forms regardless of where in Florida the business sits. Those obligations follow the owner, not the address.
Services in Hollywood
Every service is led by an Enrolled Agent. Bilingual English and Spanish.
New Business Formation
Launch your Florida LLC or corporation.
Bookkeeping & Accounting
Clean, current books every month.
Payroll Services
Pay runs and payroll taxes.
QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Setup, cleanup, and QuickBooks support.
Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Behind? We rebuild and file.
Business Income Tax Preparation
Entity returns and tax savings.
Individual Income Tax Preparation
Personal returns, done right.
ITIN Application
Get or renew your ITIN.
Certifying Acceptance Agent
Verified in person, keep your passport.
FIRPTA Withholding
For foreign sellers of US property.
Foreign-Owned LLC Filing
Form 5472, EIN, annual filings.
Florida Sales Tax Services
Sales tax registration and filing.
Tax Planning
Legally lower next year's taxes.
Advisory Solutions
Year-round financial guidance.
IRS Representation
An Enrolled Agent handles the IRS.
Nearby areas we serve
Hallandale Beach
Bilingual tax help for Israeli, Russian, and Latin American foreign-owner households in Hallandale Beach.
Aventura
FBAR, FATCA, and FIRPTA reporting for foreign-investor households with Latin American or Israeli holdings.
Sunny Isles Beach
FBAR and FATCA reporting for Latin American and Eastern European foreign investors in Sunny Isles condos.
North Miami Beach
Bilingual small-business and mixed-immigrant filer support for North Miami Beach.
Industries we serve in Hollywood
Hospitality & Short-Term Rentals
Hotels, Airbnb hosts, VRBO owners, vacation rental managers, and boutique lodging operators: we handle lodging tax, Section 280A vacation home rules, and depreciation so your property earns more than just good reviews.
Restaurants & Food Service
Full-service restaurants, cafés, food trucks, catering companies, and ghost kitchens: we handle your Florida sales tax (DR-15), tip reporting, and bookkeeping so your books are as tight as your kitchen.
Related guides
No Tax on Tips and Overtime: 2025 Deductions of $25,000 and $12,500
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act created two deductions starting with tax year 2025: up to $25,000 of qualified tips and up to $12,500 of qualified overtime, or $25,000 on a joint return. Both phase out above $150,000 of modified adjusted gross income.
Short-Term Rental Loophole: 7-Day Rule, 100 and 500 Hour Tests
A short-term rental with an average guest stay of 7 days or less is not a rental activity under the IRS passive activity rules, so meeting one material participation test turns the loss nonpassive against wages.
Local questions
Working with Top Pro Accounting in Hollywood
Straight answers for individuals and business owners in Hollywood.
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