Craft Breweries Accountant

Accounting for craft breweries is an important part of any craft brewery as this industry becomes more and more saturated and competitive. Manning Elliott’s CPA and business advisors are here to help your brewery every step of the way.

We Understand the Craft Brewery Industry

Our CPAs are deeply knowledgeable about the brewery industry and accounting for craft breweries. We understand the challenges faced by brewery owners—from getting started in the industry, through growth phases to maturity and ultimately to business succession, going public or sale.

Manning Elliott can assist craft breweries with:

Taking you from home brewer to brewery owner
Inventory costing advising
Business structuring
Software advising
Audits
Tax filing
Applying for Eligible Business Corporation BC tax credits for new investors of your brewery

Benchmarking Expertise

Manning Elliott is unique in that it offers benchmarking expertise. We can inform you about where your finances and company health stand compared to other breweries by looking at and analyzing your gross margins. For example, our CPAs will advise you on what to do if your brewery’s input costs are too high or if your brewery is spending too much money on freights and brew staff.

Manning Elliott’s expertly trained CPAs can help your brewery complete its financial statements and provide a compilation and review engagements in accordance with your bank and your tax needs. If your brewery is sizeable or looking to go public, Manning Elliott can also provide an audit of your business. Whatever you need, Manning Elliott can meet those needs.

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Minimize Tax, Maximize Net Worth

Our CPAs are concerned with minimizing taxes and maximizing net worth. Tax planning is at the core of what we do for breweries. From filing to dividends and wages, Manning Elliott wants to help make your brewery as tax-effective as possible. Manning Elliott CPAs are experts in excise duty offering specific taxation unique to the brewing industry. We can help you understand exactly how you are being taxed on the beer you produce.