From the commercial center of Kahului to the South Maui corridor in Kīhei and the county seat at Wailuku — Tides Bookkeeping keeps the books clean for small businesses across Central and South Maui. 100% remote. General Excise Tax tracked every month.
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Maui County spans the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi, but its business heart is Central Maui — the Kahului–Wailuku core. Kahului is the island's commercial and industrial engine, home to the main airport, the deep-draft harbor, and the big-box and light-industrial base that supplies the whole island.
Wailuku, just inland, is the county seat and government center, with a historic Main Street small-business district. To the south, Kīhei anchors a busy tourism and small-business corridor. Maui's economy has evolved from its sugar and pineapple heritage into tourism, professional services, and a growing tech presence at the Maui Research & Technology Park — all operating under Hawaiʻi's General Excise Tax on gross income.
Whether your business runs out of a Kahului industrial bay, a Kīhei storefront, or a Wailuku Main Street office, we serve Maui with the same remote monthly service — GET tracked, books tax-ready.
The commercial and industrial heart of Maui — Kahului Airport (OGG), Kahului Harbor, the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center, UH Maui College, and the big-box and light-industrial base that supplies the island.
The South Maui corridor — a busy tourism, condo, and small-business strip along South Kihei Rd, near the Wailea resorts and the Maui Research & Technology Park.
The county seat and government center — a historic town with a revitalized Main Street small-business district, near ʻĪao Valley and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
Serving Maui means understanding it — the commercial engine of Kahului, the government core of Wailuku, the South Maui tourism strip in Kīhei, and the island's deep agricultural roots. Here's the local context that shapes how Maui businesses keep their books.
Maui County built its early economy on sugar and pineapple — vast plantations across the central isthmus and upcountry slopes that shaped its towns, roads, and communities for a century. As agriculture wound down, tourism and services became the island's economic backbone, but the plantation heritage still shows in Central Maui's layout and in a strong agricultural and food-producing tradition that continues today.
Kahului is the commercial and industrial hub — anchored by Kahului Airport, the island's deep-draft harbor at Kahului Harbor, and the retail and light-industrial corridors along Dairy Road and Puʻunene Avenue. Neighboring Wailuku, the county seat, is the government center, its historic Main Street home to law firms, agencies, restaurants, and a growing creative small-business scene.
To the south, Kīhei runs a dense tourism and small-business corridor along the coast, with the Maui Research & Technology Park bringing a science and tech presence to the island. Across all of Central and South Maui — from a Kahului contractor to a Kīhei café — Hawaiʻi's General Excise Tax applies to gross business income, making disciplined monthly bookkeeping a real and recurring need for local owners.
Seven core services, all delivered remotely from the mainland. Everything your Maui County business needs to stay financially clean, GET-ready, and tax-ready year-round.
Our flagship service. Every transaction categorized, every account reconciled, and clean financial reports delivered to your inbox each month — with your General Excise Tax liability tracked as we go so nothing surprises you at filing time.
Behind on your books? We clean up any backlog — 3 months or 3 years — and reconstruct your GET-reportable gross income so you can file G-45s and the annual G-49 with confidence.
New business or inherited a mess? We configure QuickBooks, connect your accounts, and build a chart of accounts that separates GET-taxable income the way Hawaii businesses actually need.
Monthly reconciliation of every bank account and credit card — ensuring your books match your statements and no transaction falls 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's coming in, what's going out, and what's overdue.
We make sure your payroll expenses hit your books correctly and stay in sync with your payroll processor every pay period.
From Kahului contractors and retailers to Kīhei tour operators and Wailuku professional firms — we understand the financial patterns, and the GET obligations, of the industries that drive Central and South Maui.
Tours, lodging, rentals — seasonality, GET tracking, TAT on stays
COGS, local sourcing, tip payroll, vendor reconciliation
Job costing, subcontractors, GET on contracting income
Inventory, merchant fees, big-box supply, platform reconciliation
Maui tech park firms — clean books, grant and investor reporting
Commissions, vacation rentals, TAT/GET on short-term stays
Wailuku firms — consultants, attorneys, agencies, clean financials
Farms, value-added products, farmers markets, ag equipment
"I run a small contracting business out of Kahului, and keeping up with job costs and GET filings while actually running jobs was impossible. Tides took over the books, tracks our General Excise Tax, and sends clean monthly reports. Now I know exactly where each job stands and I'm never scrambling at tax time."
We serve small businesses across Central and South Maui — Kahului, Wailuku, and Kīhei — plus upcountry and the surrounding communities. Because we're 100% remote, your exact location on the island doesn't matter; we work with you online no matter where on Maui you operate.
Yes. We track your GET liability as part of monthly bookkeeping. Maui County's GET rate is 4% on gross business income. We keep your gross receipts organized and reconciled and hand your CPA or preparer clean data for the periodic G-45 filings and the annual G-49 reconciliation. We keep the books tax-ready; we don't file returns directly.
No — Tides Bookkeeping is a 100% remote firm headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, and we serve Maui businesses entirely online through QuickBooks Online and secure cloud tools. You get clean monthly books and responsive support without needing anyone on-island.
No. If you don't have QuickBooks Online, we set it up as part of onboarding and build a chart of accounts that separates your GET-taxable income the way Maui businesses need. If you already have an account, we connect to it and clean it up as needed.
Pricing is based on your monthly transaction volume. Most small businesses fall between $395–$895/month, and we provide an exact quote during your free consultation — no guesswork.
Most Maui businesses are fully onboarded within 5–7 business days. We schedule a kickoff call, connect your accounts, review your chart of accounts, and begin work right away.
Maui is a major visitor and commercial market, but Tides serves small businesses across every island and county in Hawaiʻi.
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Schedule a free 15-minute consultation. Tell us about your business and we'll give you a clear picture of where your books stand — GET included — and what it will cost to keep them clean.
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Official government resources for registering, filing, and staying compliant. Tides handles your books; these help with the rest.