From New Orleans to Baton Rouge, Shreveport to Lafayette, Tides Bookkeeping provides remote bookkeeping, payroll support, and monthly financial reporting for small businesses across Louisiana. Clean books. Real results. No commute required.
No setup fees · Cancel anytime · 100% Remote
Louisiana's economy runs on energy and trade. The lower Mississippi River corridor hosts one of the densest concentrations of oil, gas, and petrochemical operations in the country, and Louisiana's ports (including the Port of South Louisiana) rank among the nation's busiest by tonnage. Seafood, agriculture (sugarcane, rice, and cotton), and a globally recognized tourism and culture economy centered on New Orleans fill out the picture.
As of 2026, Louisiana taxes individual income at a flat 3%, a recent reform that replaced its old graduated brackets, though you should confirm the current rate before filing. The real complexity is sales tax: the state rate is 5% (as of 2025), but Louisiana's parishes (its equivalent of counties) and municipalities add substantial local sales taxes, often administered by local parish collectors rather than the state, pushing combined rates into the 9 to 12% range, among the highest average combined rates in the nation. If you sell across parish lines, local sales tax compliance is genuinely complicated.
Seven core services designed for small businesses across every industry in Louisiana — all delivered remotely, all handled by our team.
Your most important foundation. We categorize every transaction, reconcile your accounts, and deliver clean P&L and balance sheet reports every single month — so you always know exactly where your business stands.
Months or years behind? We clean it all up — systematically organizing your past transactions so you can get current and stay compliant.
Starting fresh or inheriting a mess? We connect all your accounts, configure your chart of accounts, and set everything up correctly from day one.
Every account, every month. We match your books to your bank statements and flag any discrepancies before they become problems.
P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements delivered monthly in a format you can actually read and act on.
We track what you owe and what's owed to you — keeping your cash flow picture clear and your vendor relationships clean.
We ensure your payroll expenses hit your books correctly every pay period — including local Louisiana municipal withholding — working alongside your payroll processor to keep everything reconciled.
From New Orleans and Baton Rouge to Acadiana, the Ark-La-Tex, and the Northshore — 100% remote, clean books every month. Louisiana has the highest combined sales taxes in the nation, collected parish by parish, and we keep your rate right in every parish. Explore by parish:
From New Orleans hospitality and Baton Rouge petrochemicals to Acadiana energy services and Gulf Coast logistics, we understand the financial rhythms of Louisiana's most common industries.
Job costing, subcontractor payments, material expenses
COGS tracking, tip payroll, inventory & vendor management
Commission tracking, rental income, property expenses
Consultants, attorneys, agencies — clean P&L every month
Inventory, merchant fees, platform reconciliation
Insurance billing, payroll, HIPAA-aware practices
Fleet expenses, fuel costs, driver payroll
Job costing, inventory, and material costs
We're not a local firm that added remote services. We were built remote-first, which means our process, communication, and delivery are optimized for businesses that never need to meet in person.
Tides is based in Greenville, SC and serves clients across the country. We know Louisiana's business climate cold — from the nation's highest combined sales taxes, collected parish by parish, to the new flat 3% income tax, and the industries that drive New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Acadiana, and the Ark-La-Tex.
No hourly billing surprises. You pay one flat rate each month based on your transaction volume — and you always know exactly what you're getting.
We don't just hand you a spreadsheet. We deliver clean, readable financial reports each month with plain-language summaries so you can make decisions — not just file paperwork.
Your CPA will thank you. Our books are consistently maintained at a level that makes tax season — federal, state, and local — faster, cheaper, and less stressful for everyone involved.
We earn your business every month. There are no lock-in agreements — just great service that makes you want to stay. Cancel anytime if it's not working.
"I run a small HVAC company out of Lafayette and take jobs across Acadiana — which meant charging a different combined sales-tax rate in every parish and getting use tax right on materials. Tides got my books completely caught up, keeps my parish sales tax clean, and now I get a clean report every month without lifting a finger. I finally understand my numbers."
Book a free 15-minute call. We'll look at where your books stand and tell you exactly what they need — no pressure, no sales pitch.
Schedule a Free Call →Official government resources for registering, filing, and staying compliant in Louisiana. Tides handles your books; these help with the rest.