Delaware · Small Business
Your Delaware small business accountant, starting with the books.
Bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup, and cleanup for Delaware small businesses — entity-aware books for LLCs, S-corps, and partnerships, gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity, and a named QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Fixed-fee, all three counties.
Delaware small business accounting, in brief.
TechBrot is the day-to-day financial backbone for Delaware small businesses — QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeping, setup, cleanup, an entity-aware chart of accounts, gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity, and a franchise-tax reserve, kept in your own QuickBooks file by a named ProAdvisor and coordinated with your CPA, who files. The full Delaware small-business summary is below.
Delaware facts (no sales tax; the gross receipts tax on the seller; the annual franchise tax; Wilmington’s 1.25% city wage tax) reflect current DE Division of Revenue and Division of Corporations guidance.
Delaware small business accounting, in five questions.
Do I need an accountant or a bookkeeper?
Most Delaware small businesses need both, in sequence — a bookkeeper to keep books clean monthly, a CPA to file and advise. TechBrot does the bookkeeping/QuickBooks side and coordinates with your CPA, who files. If budget is tight, clean books come first.
What does it cost?
The bookkeeping/QuickBooks work runs from $400/mo for monthly service, with QuickBooks setup from $750 and cleanup from $1,500 — fixed-fee against a written scope. CPA tax-return prep is billed separately by them. See Delaware pricing.
I’m just starting — what do I need?
The right entity & QuickBooks setup, a clean industry-specific chart of accounts, and gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity from day one. We handle setup and the books; your CPA, attorney, or registered agent handles entity filing and tax registration.
My books are a mess from fast growth — help?
Yes — a one-time cleanup to get the file CPA-ready, then monthly bookkeeping so financials keep pace as you scale — including the franchise-tax reserve and gross-receipts tracking.
Is TechBrot a CPA firm?
No — a bookkeeping and advisory firm, and not a registered agent. Most Delaware small businesses use both.
The short version.
Most Delaware small businesses need both a bookkeeper and a CPA — and in that order. TechBrot is the day-to-day financial backbone: bookkeeping, QuickBooks setup and cleanup, payroll coordination, and gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity — kept by a named QuickBooks ProAdvisor, fixed-fee against a written scope (monthly from $400/mo; bookkeeping cleanup from $1,500).
We keep entity-aware books — an LLC, S-corp, or partnership each reads differently on the balance sheet, and the chart of accounts is built so owner draws, distributions, guaranteed payments, and reasonable S-corp compensation land where your CPA expects them. If you own a Delaware entity from out of state or run a holding company, we keep the books with the annual franchise-tax reserve and clean intercompany structure; if you operate in Wilmington, we account for the 1.25% city wage and net-profits tax. Your CPA files your returns and advises on tax; we keep the books that make their work fast and accurate.
We’re the bookkeeping and QuickBooks side, coordinating directly with yours. All three Delaware counties — New Castle, Kent, and Sussex — most industries.
The financial backbone, built and maintained.
Every engagement is scoped to your business and entity, delivered in your own QuickBooks file by a named QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
QuickBooks setup, done right
The right QuickBooks edition, a clean industry-specific chart of accounts built around your entity (LLC, S-corp, or partnership), and gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity configured from the start.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled accounts and owner-ready, CPA-ready statements every month, by a named bookkeeper — so you always know where the business stands.
Cleanup & catch-up
Behind from growth, or commingled across entities? We get the file accurate and CPA-ready — reclassifying transactions and reconciling to a known-good baseline — then keep it that way.
Gross receipts tax tracking
Delaware has no sales tax to collect — instead a gross receipts tax on the seller. We track receipts by business activity in QuickBooks so the right rate and exclusion apply and the return reconciles, not guessed at filing time.
Year-end CPA handoff
Clean, documented, entity-aware books delivered to your CPA at year end — with the franchise-tax reserve set and intercompany structure clean for holding companies — for faster, cheaper, audit-ready filing.
What we do — and what your CPA does.
The split is clean, and we coordinate directly across it.
Bookkeeping & QuickBooks — not tax filing
TechBrot
- Bookkeeping, reconciliation & monthly statements
- QuickBooks setup, cleanup & management
- Entity-aware books (LLC, S-corp, partnership)
- Gross-receipts-tax tracking by activity
- Franchise-tax reserve tracked in the books
- Holding-company & intercompany bookkeeping
- Payroll coordination incl. Wilmington wage tax
- Year-end handoff to your CPA
Files returns & represents you
Your CPA & registered agent
- Files Delaware & federal income-tax returns
- Files the franchise tax & annual report (CPA or registered agent)
- Represents you before the tax authorities
- Tax planning & formal advice
- We coordinate directly — bookkeeper vs accountant →
What a Delaware business’s books have to get right all year.
These are the Delaware rules that decide how the books are kept — not once at filing, but every month. Each is a standing obligation, and each is a reason the accounting here is not the same as the state next door.
Gross receipts tax is your cost, not the buyer's
There is no sales tax here. The seller pays 0.0945–1.9914% by activity, so it belongs in the P&L and the revenue split has to match the activity categories.
Franchise tax runs on two calendars
$400 flat for LLCs, LPs and GPs on 1 June; $175 or $400 minimum for corporations on 1 March with an annual report. Both need accruing across the year, not remembering in month eleven.
Wilmington adds 1.25% inside city limits
A wage and net-profits tax that turns on work location, so payroll has to carry where the work happens rather than where post arrives.
Holding structures need per-entity books
With 2.1M+ registered entities, multi-entity owners are the norm here — and commingled records are the default failure.
Figures maintained against Delaware’s own published sources. The full picture is on the Delaware page →.
Automation handles the data entry. We handle the judgment.
Apps can categorize transactions; they can’t tell a Delaware founder their margins are slipping, their owner draws are outrunning profit, which gross-receipts activity category their revenue falls under, or that the franchise-tax reserve isn’t keeping pace. Clean books are the foundation; judgment is the value.
Once your books are solid and entity-aware, the question shifts from “are the numbers right?” to “what do they tell me to do next?” That’s where fractional-CFO advisory comes in — a QuickBooks ProAdvisor who knows your numbers turning them into pricing, cash-flow, and entity-structure conversations to have with your CPA. Explore fractional CFO & advisory →
Maintained by TechBrot.
This page reflects how TechBrot handles Delaware small-business engagements. It is maintained by TechBrot Inc., a Delaware-incorporated bookkeeping and advisory firm working remotely, and kept current on the bookkeeping scope, the entity-aware chart of accounts, and the Delaware references (the gross receipts tax on the seller and the annual franchise tax). TechBrot keeps the books and coordinates with your CPA and registered agent, who file; we do not file Delaware or federal returns, the franchise tax, or the annual report, and do not represent clients before the tax authorities.
Certifications
Led by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor — QuickBooks Online Level 2 and QuickBooks Payroll
Scope
Bookkeeping, QuickBooks, gross-receipts-tax tracking, franchise-tax reserve, payroll coordination · income-tax & franchise-tax filing coordinated with your CPA/EA & registered agent (out of our scope)
Engagement
Fixed-fee, written scope before work · delivered in your own QuickBooks file
Around Delaware.
Delaware QuickBooks ProAdvisor & bookkeeping
The state page: services, industries, cities and the Delaware tax terms in one place.
Small-business accountant, nationally
The national engagement this page is the Delaware version of — same scope, same written fixed fee.
Also in Delaware:Bookkeeping services · Monthly bookkeeping.
Delaware cities:Wilmington · Middletown · Smyrna — served remotely, in your own QuickBooks file.
Not sure where your file stands? Start with the free QuickBooks file review.
Talk to a ProAdvisor
One call tells you exactly where your books stand.
No sales script. You speak with someone who has looked at files like yours — and you get a written fixed-fee scope within three business days.
Tell us what’s wrong with the books. We’ll tell you whether cleanup, catch-up or monthly bookkeeping fits.
Call (877) 751-5575. If we miss you, we return your call within one business day. Written fixed-fee scope within 3 business days. No hourly billing.
Led by a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor · Written fixed-fee scope in 3 business days · Your own file
- You talk to a ProAdvisorSomeone who works in QuickBooks files like yours, every day.
- We review your fileWe look at what’s actually in your QuickBooks and what it needs.
- You get a written scopeA fixed fee in writing within 3 business days. Then you decide.
Delaware small business accounting questions.
Do I need an accountant or a bookkeeper for my Delaware small business?
What does a small business accountant do in Delaware?
How much does a small business accountant cost in Delaware?
I’m just starting a business in Delaware — what do I need?
Can you help if my business is growing fast and the books are a mess?
Is TechBrot a CPA firm?
How do we get started?
Get the books right — the rest gets easier.
Book a free discovery call. We’ll review your situation and your books, recommend setup, cleanup, monthly service, or a mix, and send a written fixed-fee quote within 3 business days. No pitch. We keep the books and coordinate with your CPA, who files; we do not file Delaware returns or the franchise tax.
Tell us what’s wrong with the books. We’ll tell you whether cleanup, catch-up or monthly bookkeeping fits.
Call (877) 751-5575. If we miss you, we return your call within one business day. Written fixed-fee scope within 3 business days. No hourly billing.