Dealerships, repair shops, and detailing businesses — parts inventory, labor costing, warranty claims, and vehicle-specific financial tracking are demands that most bookkeepers don't understand. We do. Clean monthly books built around how your shop actually runs.
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Whether you run a single-bay shop or a multi-location dealership, we build the bookkeeping system around how your operation actually works.
Independent mechanics and multi-bay shops — parts, labor, warranty work, and customer billing all need clean separation.
Mobile and fixed-location detailing — product costs, labor, and equipment are the key financial drivers. Track your margins and know which services are most profitable.
Vehicle inventory, floor plan financing, F&I income, and service department revenue — dealership bookkeeping is its own discipline.
Automotive businesses face financial challenges that general bookkeepers routinely miss. Here's what we hear from nearly every new client.
Parts come in fast, get installed, get returned — and without a system, your actual COGS is a mystery. We track parts costs accurately so your margin analysis is real.
Are your technicians profitable? Do you know which service types are your highest margin? Without job-level costing, you're guessing about what's working.
Warranty reimbursements from manufacturers come back on their own schedule and are easy to lose track of. We document every claim and make sure every credit is captured.
Vehicle floor plan loans involve interest charges, curtailments, and principal payoffs that are easy to misclassify. We track every transaction against your floor plan balance accurately.
Every Tides plan includes all seven core services. Automotive clients get specific treatment for parts inventory, warranty tracking, and vehicle-level financial reporting.
Every account reconciled, every transaction categorized, every month — without exception. You receive a clean P&L and balance sheet you can actually understand and use to make decisions.
Monthly reports that show your income, expenses, and profit — so you always know where you stand.
Every business account and credit card matched and verified each month. No mystery charges. No unresolved transactions. No surprises.
We track vendor bills and outstanding invoices so your cash flow stays healthy and nothing gets missed or paid twice.
Months or years behind? We clean it all up before we start your regular monthly service — no matter how far back the backlog goes.
If you have team members, we coordinate payroll processing and keep your tax filings clean and on schedule.
“Our shop's books were always a mess. Tides built us a proper system and now we actually know what we're making on each job.”
Questions we hear from clients before they sign on with Tides.
100% remote bookkeeping for small businesses across South Carolina and throughout the United States.
Tides Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping across 12 distinct industries. Industry-specific expertise means fewer errors, better categorization, and a bookkeeper who already understands how your business makes money.
Schedule a free 15-minute call. We'll review your current setup, answer your questions, and give you a flat monthly quote — no pressure.
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