> GAAP-compliant restaurant accounting — monthly financials, P&L by location and cash-flow clarity, built by a 60+ unit restaurant controller. Free.  Restaurant Accounting Services # Restaurant Accounting Services Accurate, GAAP-compliant financials you can use to run your restaurant — not just file taxes at year-end. Restaurant accounting is the practice of recording, classifying and reporting a restaurant's financial activity — sales, food and labor cost, and cash flow — under GAAP. FORCS delivers monthly financial statements, profit-and-loss by location, and the KPIs owners actually need to run a profitable restaurant. [Get a Free Consultation](https://www.useforcs.com/contact/)[(607) 873-6727](tel:+16078736727) ## What's included ### Monthly financial statements A clean income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow statement, closed on a predictable schedule. ### P&L by location Per-unit profit and loss so you can see exactly which restaurants are winning and which are leaking. ### Prime cost tracking Food cost and labor cost tracked together as prime cost — the number that makes or breaks a restaurant. ### Bank & card reconciliation Every bank and credit card account reconciled so your numbers tie out and nothing slips through. ### Cash-flow management Visibility into what's coming in and going out so you're never surprised by payroll or rent. ### KPI & flash reporting Weekly flash reports and dashboards on the metrics that matter, not a pile of raw data. ## How it works 1. 01Onboard & assessWe learn your concept, connect your POS and banks, and assess the current state of your books. 1. 02Clean up & set upWe fix historical errors, structure your chart of accounts for restaurants, and set up class tracking by location. 1. 03Monthly close & reportWe close the books each period and deliver financials plus a plain-English review of what changed. 1. 04Ongoing partnershipYou get a restaurant financial expert on call for the decisions that move profit. ## Restaurant accounting is different — and most firms treat it like any other business A restaurant runs on razor-thin margins, daily cash, perishable inventory and a labor model unlike almost any other industry. A generalist accountant who books your sales as one line and calls it a day will never surface the problems that actually cost you money. Restaurant accounting means understanding **prime cost**, daily sales reconciliation, third-party delivery deposits, tip liabilities, comps and voids, and how a POS system like [Toast, Square or Restaurant365](https://www.useforcs.com/technology/) actually feeds your books. At FORCS, restaurants are all we do. Our founder serves as outsourced Controller for a 60+ unit, $120M+ franchise group — so the reporting you get is built from real, multi-unit restaurant experience, not adapted from a template meant for a law firm. ## What you actually get each month We close your books on a predictable schedule and deliver a clean **income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow statement** — with the income statement **broken out by location** so multi-unit operators can see exactly where money is made and lost. Every bank and credit card account is reconciled, accounts payable is managed, and daily POS sales are tied out to your deposits. Most importantly, we translate the numbers. You get a short, plain-English review of what changed, what it means, and what to watch — the kind of guidance you’d expect from an in-house controller. Every number rolls up from a proper [restaurant chart of accounts](https://www.useforcs.com/blog/what-is-a-restaurant-chart-of-accounts/) built for how restaurants actually operate, not a generic template borrowed from retail or professional services. ## Prime cost, not just profit The number that makes or breaks a restaurant is **prime cost** — food plus labor as a percentage of sales. We track it every period and pair it with our [operations support](https://www.useforcs.com/services/restaurant-operations/) so you’re not just reporting a bad food-cost month after it happens; you’re catching it while there’s still time to fix it. That combination of clean accounting and hands-on operations is what sets FORCS apart from a traditional CPA firm. ## GAAP-compliant books your CPA will love We keep accrual, GAAP-compliant books all year, then hand your CPA tidy year-end financials so they can focus on tax strategy instead of cleaning up your ledger. Pair this service with [bookkeeping](https://www.useforcs.com/services/restaurant-bookkeeping/) and [payroll & tax](https://www.useforcs.com/services/restaurant-payroll-and-tax/) for a complete, outsourced restaurant accounting back office — wherever your restaurant operates, from [New York City](https://www.useforcs.com/areas-we-serve/nyc/) to [Los Angeles](https://www.useforcs.com/areas-we-serve/los-angeles/). ## Who this is for From single independent restaurants to 60+ unit franchise groups — any operator who wants financials they can trust and actually use to make decisions. ## Get a free consultation See exactly how we'd help your restaurant — no obligation. [Book Now](https://www.useforcs.com/contact/) [(607) 873-6727](tel:+16078736727) - Restaurant specialists - GAAP-compliant books - 60+ units under management Related services ## Round out your restaurant's finances ### Bookkeeping Clean, POS-integrated books, reconciled and delivered on time every period. Learn more Our Difference ### Operations Inventory, recipes and item-level mapping most accountants simply cannot do. Learn more ### Payroll & Tax Tip-compliant payroll, sales tax and clean year-end prep for your CPA. Learn more  Reviewed by Steven Mamis, MBA Founder & Managing Partner Steven brings 20+ years of accounting experience, 8 of them in restaurants — including serving as Controller for a 60+ unit, $120M+ franchise operation. [Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/smamis) ## Accounting — frequently asked questions What does restaurant accounting include? Restaurant accounting includes recording daily sales from your POS, tracking food and labor cost, reconciling bank and credit card accounts, managing accounts payable, and producing monthly financial statements and a P&L — ideally by location for multi-unit operators. Do you use cash or accrual accounting for restaurants? We keep GAAP-compliant accrual books, which match expenses to the period they belong in and give a far more accurate picture of profitability than cash accounting. We can still report cash position separately so you always know your bank reality. What is prime cost and why does it matter? Prime cost is food cost plus labor cost, usually expressed as a percentage of sales. It's the single most important restaurant metric because it's the biggest, most controllable chunk of your expenses. We track it every period so you can act before it erodes your margin. How often will I get financial reports? We deliver weekly flash reporting plus a full monthly close, so you never wait until tax time to understand how your restaurant is performing. Is FORCS an outsourced restaurant accounting firm? Yes. FORCS is a full service outsourced restaurant accounting firm, so you get invoices paid, banks reconciled, weekly and monthly financials, P&Ls by location, and CFO-level guidance without hiring and managing an in-house accounting department, all verified by a controller at a fraction of what a full-time hire costs.