One of the biggest fishing ports in America, the largest Coast Guard base in the country, and a borough that levies no sales tax while its main city levies 7%. Tides handles the books for Kodiak businesses. 100% remote.
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The Kodiak Island Borough covers Kodiak Island and the surrounding archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska. The City of Kodiak is the hub; scattered around the island are the village communities of Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, Port Lions, Larsen Bay, Karluk, and Akhiok, reachable only by air or boat.
Kodiak is consistently one of the largest fishing ports in the United States by volume and value landed. Salmon, pollock, cod, halibut, and crab come across these docks, and the processors that handle them are the economic backbone of the island.
Layered on top: Coast Guard Base Kodiak, the largest Coast Guard installation in the country, and the Pacific Spaceport Complex at Narrow Cape, from which orbital rockets are actually launched. It is a genuinely unusual economic mix for a town of 6,000.
Wherever your business sits, we serve the whole area with the same level of service. We are 100% remote, so your exact location does not change anything about how we work.
The borough seat and one of America's biggest fishing ports. The harbor, the processors, and downtown - and a 7% city sales tax that the borough itself does not levy.
The largest Coast Guard installation in the United States. Air Station Kodiak flies search and rescue across the Gulf of Alaska - and drives a steady contractor and services economy.
Trident, Ocean Beauty, Pacific Seafood and others line the channel. Salmon, pollock, cod, and crab - the industrial base that makes Kodiak work.
Alaska Aerospace's launch site at Narrow Cape - orbital rockets genuinely launch from Kodiak Island, supporting a small aerospace services cluster.
The communities along Kodiak's limited road system - residential, trades, and small businesses outside the city sales tax boundary.
Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, Port Lions, Larsen Bay, Karluk, and Akhiok - Alutiiq communities reachable only by floatplane or boat.
Serving Kodiak means knowing fish tickets and crew shares, a 7% city tax that stops at the city line, and an island where the biggest employers are a fleet, a base, and a spaceport.
Kodiak is the oldest European settlement in Alaska - the Russians established a colony at Three Saints Bay in 1784, and Kodiak became the first capital of Russian America before the seat moved to Sitka. The Alutiiq people had already been on the archipelago for some 7,500 years.
The modern island has been reshaped twice by catastrophe: the 1912 Novarupta eruption buried Kodiak in volcanic ash, and the 1964 Good Friday earthquake sent a tsunami through the harbor that destroyed the fishing fleet and much of downtown. The town rebuilt around the thing that has always defined it - fish.
Today Kodiak ranks among the very top fishing ports in the United States by volume and value of seafood landed. Salmon, pollock, Pacific cod, halibut, and crab move across the docks and into the processing plants that line the channel. Add Coast Guard Base Kodiak - the largest Coast Guard installation in the country, flying search and rescue across the Gulf of Alaska - and the Pacific Spaceport Complex at Narrow Cape, and you have an island economy that is far more sophisticated than its population would suggest.
Alaska has no state sales tax and no state personal income tax — which is exactly why so many business owners get Alaska tax wrong. More than 100 local jurisdictions levy their own sales tax, and the rules change borough by borough and city by city.
Kodiak has an inverted structure compared to the Kenai Peninsula: the borough levies no general sales tax at all, while the City of Kodiak levies 7%. Which means the tax question here is simply whether the sale happened inside the city line.
Rates shown are as of 2026 and can change. Always confirm the current rate with the taxing jurisdiction before you rely on it. Tides keeps your books tax-ready and works alongside your CPA — we do not file returns for you.
Seven core services, all delivered remotely. Everything your business needs to stay financially clean and tax-ready year-round.
Our flagship service. Every transaction categorized, every account reconciled, and clean financial reports delivered to your inbox each month — without you lifting a finger. The financial foundation every Alaska business deserves.
Behind on your books? We clean up any backlog — whether it is 3 months or 3 years — so you can move forward with accurate, up-to-date records.
New business or inherited a mess? We configure QuickBooks, connect your accounts, and build a chart of accounts that actually makes sense for your industry — including landed cost and job costing where Alaska demands it.
Monthly reconciliation of every bank account and credit card — ensuring your books match your statements and no transactions fall through the cracks.
P&L statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports delivered monthly in a format you can actually understand and act on.
We keep your AP and AR organized so you always know what is coming in, what is going out, and what is overdue.
We make sure your payroll expenses hit your books correctly and stay in sync with your payroll processor every pay period — including seasonal crews.
We understand the financial patterns of the industries that actually drive this economy — not a generic list copied from somewhere in the Lower 48.
Fish tickets, crew shares, IFQ costs, fisheries tax
Inventory, cold storage, seasonal labor, landed cost
Federal billing, allowable costs, audit-ready records
Vessel repair, welding, gear supply, job costing
Bear hunts and fishing packages booked a year out
COGS, tip payroll, 7% inside the city line
Barged materials, job costing, the city tax boundary
Launch support, logistics, specialized contracts
"I have been running a longline boat out of Kodiak for twenty years and my books were shoeboxes and a prayer. Crew shares, fish tickets, IFQ payments - my last bookkeeper had never seen any of it and just guessed. Tides actually knew what a fish ticket was. They rebuilt three years of books, got the crew share splits right, and my CPA said it was the cleanest set of fishing books he had seen."
The borough does not levy a general sales tax. The City of Kodiak does - 7% as of 2026, plus an additional 5% hotel and motel tax on lodging. So the question is simply whether the sale happened inside city limits. A sale downtown is taxed; the same sale out at Bells Flats or Womens Bay is not. Confirm current rates with the City of Kodiak.
Yes - and it is genuinely different. Fish tickets, crew share splits, IFQ and permit costs, gear depreciation, and Alaska's fisheries business tax and fishery resource landing tax are not things a typical Lower 48 bookkeeper has encountered. We handle them, keep the records organized and tax-ready, and work alongside your CPA on the filings so nothing gets guessed at.
It does. Federal contracting means separating allowable from unallowable costs, keeping timekeeping records that will survive scrutiny, and being able to produce clean documentation on request. We keep the books audit-ready and coordinate with your CPA or contract accountant on the compliance requirements. It is a discipline, and it is a lot easier to maintain than to reconstruct.
Yes, and that mix is common in Kodiak. The retail side needs the 7% city sales tax handled correctly; the seafood side needs fish tickets, landed weights, and possibly fisheries tax treatment. We keep the two revenue streams cleanly separated so your margins on each are real and your filings are straightforward.
No. If you do not have QuickBooks Online, we set it up as part of onboarding. If you already have an account, we connect to it and clean it up as needed. We also connect Puzzle.io for real-time dashboards and an instant snapshot of your books before regular monthly service begins.
Pricing is based on your monthly transaction volume, not your zip code. Most small businesses land between $395 and $895 per month. You get an exact quote during your free consultation - no guesswork, no setup fees.
Alaska does not border another state, so we do not pretend to serve one. We serve Alaska — from Southeast to the Interior to the Y-K Delta.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation. Fishing, contracting, retail - tell us about your business and we will show you exactly where your books stand.
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Official government resources for registering, filing, and staying compliant. Tides handles your books; these help with the rest.