Accounting for Restaurants and Bars

Strengthen profitability in your restaurant or bar by building a disciplined accounting system. This course explains how to account for inventory, fixed assets, leases, revenues, expenses, and payroll in a low-margin environment. Learn to implement internal controls that reduce fraud risk, close the books efficiently, and generate meaningful performance metrics. Apply practical, industry-focused guidance to improve oversight, control costs, and enhance operating results.
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Author: Steven Bragg
Course Number: AC1174

Learning Objectives
  • Cite the accounts that can be included in the chart of accounts for a restaurant or bar.
  • Specify the structure and content of the financial statements for a restaurant or bar.
  • Identify how a similar unit comparison can be employed by the manager of a restaurant or bar.
  • Specify how the par level is used in inventory monitoring.
  • State the main characteristics of a system of fixed asset depreciation.
  • Identify the accounting for a leasehold improvement.
  • Identify the accounting for a lease by the lessee.
  • Specify how guest checks and house accounts are used.
  • Define expendable items in a restaurant.
  • Specify the accounting for mandatory gratuity charges.
  • Identify the accounting for a restaurant’s web site.
  • Specify the accounting for a payroll, including the treatment of tips.
  • Recognize the types of fraud found in a restaurant or bar.
  • Specify the metrics used by restaurants and bars, and how they can be misleading.

Level: Overview
Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study
NASBA Category: Accounting
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Latest Review Date: March 2025
Program Registration Requirements: Click on the Enroll button to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.
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