Integrated Tax Solutions for the Hospitality Industry
Ryanʼs hospitality tax services help hotels, resorts, restaurants, and lodging operators navigate complex tax obligations across property tax, hotel occupancy taxes, employment tax, sales and use tax, income tax, and credits and incentives. Our specialists understand hospitality-specific challenges, including multijurisdictional compliance with more than 25 tax types, fair property valuations on unique assets, and historic tax credit opportunities for renovations. Ryan combines deep industry expertise with technology-driven solutions, streamlining tax processes while uncovering opportunities others miss.
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Of Fortune 1000 Hospitality companies work with Ryan
Seasoned Tax Experts
Our industry-focused experts turn complex tax challenges into competitive advantages, maximizing savings, improving efficiency, and ensuring compliance.
Multidisciplinary Approach
We bring together consulting, recovery, advocacy, compliance, and technology to deliver fully integrated tax solutions, tailored to each client’s business and industry.
Purpose-Built Platform
Our platform is built for what matters, pairing deep expertise with powerful technology to simplify tax, uncover savings, and keep businesses ahead of change.
Industry InsightsEXPLORE INSIGHTS
- Entertainment
We help entertainment businesses with property tax consulting on specialized assets, multijurisdictional compliance, historic tax credits for renovations, and employment tax optimization.
Addressing the Entertainment Industry’s Unique Tax Landscape
Entertainment businesses manage multijurisdictional property tax on specialized production assets, admissions and amusement taxes, and complex employment tax. Ryan helps entertainment operators challenge excessive property valuations, manage compliance, leverage historic tax credits, and more.
Complex Historic Tax Credits
Renovating historic theaters or studios involves rigid preservation standards and funding gaps that require proven expertise.
Employment Tax Errors
Fluctuating cast and crew rosters, misclassification, and payroll errors trigger audits and pose costly risks to entertainers.
Nexus Risks
Multijurisdictional tours and global IP rights create a maze of nexus risks and filing burdens, as it pertains to transaction and income tax, while disconnected entity structures expose double taxation risk.
Unclaimed Royalties
Unclaimed royalties, dormant ticket credits, and uncashed vendor checks trigger aggressive audits, creating a growing liability for entertainers.
- Travel and Leisure
We support hotels, resorts, and vacation rentals with comprehensive tax consulting, from hotel occupancy compliance to full-service property tax support.
Addressing the Hospitality Industry’s Unique Tax Landscape
Hotels, resorts, and vacation rentals face a complex web of tax obligations, including varied hotel occupancy taxes, employment tax for large service workforces, and historic tax credit opportunities for qualifying renovations. Ryan helps hospitality operators simplify compliance obligations and recover overpaid taxes.
Hotel Occupancy Tax Complexity
Hotels and vacation rentals must manage occupancy tax compliance across local, regional, and municipal jurisdictions, each with different rates, taxable revenue definitions, and filing requirements.
Overvalued Assessments
Hotels and resorts are often overvalued because of misapplied income approaches, inflated capitalization rates, and unrecognized obsolescence in specialized assets.
Varied Jurisdictional Rules
Complex business structures create intricate transaction and income tax liabilities across jurisdictions, with inconsistent entity management leading to overpayment and misaligned international positions.
Unclaimed Property Risks
Unredeemed gift cards, deposits, and uncashed payroll are high-risk targets for seizure, and dormant balances create a growing liability and significant audit exposure.
We support entertainment, travel, and leisure businesses with property tax consulting, multijurisdictional occupancy tax compliance, historic tax credits, employment and income tax strategies, and unclaimed property solutions across complex regulatory environments.
