Bookkeeping, Payroll and CFO Services in Kendall, FL

Kendall is a large, established community in southwest Miami-Dade County, anchored by healthcare: Baptist Hospital of Miami, the flagship hospital of Baptist Health, is on North Kendall Drive. Around it has grown a dense business community of medical and dental practices, professional offices, retail centers, restaurants and home service companies serving the families who live here. The Gabb Group supports Kendall businesses with bookkeeping, payroll, fractional CFO work, credit card processing and funding preparation.

Kendall Is Unincorporated

Kendall is not a city. It is an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, which changes what a business needs:

• No city business tax receipt. Kendall businesses obtain a Miami-Dade County Local Business Tax Receipt from the Miami-Dade Tax Collector, valid October 1 to September 30, one for each location and business classification.
• County Certificate of Use. Businesses in unincorporated Miami-Dade generally need a county Certificate of Use before opening.
• County zoning and permits. Location, sign and permit questions go to Miami-Dade County.
• Sales tax at 7%. Florida’s 6% plus Miami-Dade County’s 1% discretionary surtax.

Owners moving here from an incorporated city sometimes look for a city license that does not exist. Our starting a business page lays out exactly what is needed.

Medical and Healthcare Practices

With a major hospital at its center, Kendall has a deep concentration of physicians, dentists, therapists and specialty practices. Practices carry some of the most complicated revenue of any small business: insurance reimbursements, patient balances, payment plans and memberships, each on its own schedule.

• Monthly bookkeeping reconciles insurance and patient revenue so collections match production.
• Payroll for clinical and front-office staff, on time every cycle.
• Financial reporting shows performance by provider and service line.
• Recurring billing handles payment plans and memberships automatically, and patient card payments through our partner USA Payments can cost up to half of what practices pay with Square and Stripe.
• Equipment financing for imaging, dental and treatment equipment, through our partner Asenta Capital.

Retail, Restaurants and Services

Kendall’s shopping centers and restaurants serve a large residential population. Our credit card processing lowers the cost of every sale, and point of sale systems charge Miami-Dade’s 7% correctly and post cleanly to your books.

Home Service Companies

A community of homeowners keeps contractors, HVAC, plumbing, landscaping and pool companies busy. We set up job costing so every job shows its real profit, and mobile payments so technicians collect on site.

Fitness, Wellness and Personal Services

Kendall’s residents support gyms, studios, salons, spas, therapists and personal service businesses, most of which run on memberships, packages and repeat visits. Recurring billing collects memberships automatically and updates expiring cards, packages sold in advance are tracked as deferred revenue until they are used, and booking and card payments post cleanly to the books. Monthly reporting shows retention, average revenue per client and which services earn the most, the numbers that tell a personal service business whether it is growing.

Growing a Practice or Business

When a Kendall practice adds a provider, a second location or new equipment, a forecast shows whether the numbers work. Our fractional CFO services build the plan, our cash flow forecasting tests it month by month, and our lender-ready financial statements support financing. Lenders make every credit decision.

Questions We Hear Most in Kendall

“Production is up but collections are flat.” For practices, the gap is usually insurance adjustments, denials or patient balances not followed up. Monthly reconciliation of production against collections shows where.

“Can we afford another provider?” A forecast of the provider’s production, collections, salary and added costs answers it with numbers rather than hope.

“Should we lease or buy equipment?” For long-lived equipment, buying with financing often costs less over time. For equipment that becomes outdated quickly, leasing can make sense. We compare both with your figures.

Keeping Compliance Simple

Between the county receipt, the Certificate of Use, sales tax returns, reemployment tax and the LLC annual report, a Kendall business carries a full compliance calendar. We track every date, and our sales tax compliance service files every return at the right rate.

Local Resources

The Miami-Dade Beacon Council leads economic development across the county, and the Florida Small Business Development Center at FIU supports small businesses throughout Miami-Dade.

Serving Kendall and Miami-Dade County

We serve Kendall along with neighboring Coral Gables, Miami and Doral, as part of our work across Miami-Dade County.