30+ Years of Trusted Bookkeeping Expertise

Steven V. Schaze & Co. handles bookkeeping, payroll, and sales tax so grocery stores and restaurants can focus on serving customers and growing. With 30+ years of experience, we keep your finances organized, compliant, and on track.

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WHERE THINGS TO GO SIDEWAYS

The parts of the business owners aren't trained for

Most clients of Steven V. Schaze & Co. are experts at running a counter, a kitchen, or a property — not at chart of accounts or filing deadlines. That gap is exactly where the firm comes in.

Industry Know-how

Grocery, deli and hospitality margins, inventory quirks, and seasonal cash flow are handled by an advisor who has worked in these industries for 30 years.

Bookkeeping

Accurate, organized bookkeeping built around how your business operates so your financials stay current, reliable, and ready when you need them.

Bookkeeping Setup

A system is built to match how the business actually runs, so the numbers stay accurate and ready — not reconstructed at tax time.

Payroll Setup

Payroll is set up correctly from day one — the right filings, the right schedule, and no surprises when a new hire or a busy season arrives.

Sales Tax Tracking

A process is put in place to track what's owed automatically, so filing season becomes a formality — not a scramble through receipts.

WHY OWNERS CHOOSE US

Big-firm experience. Small-firm attention

Steven V. Schaze & Co. has spent over three decades across hospitality, restaurants, grocery stores, delis and real estate, giving the firm a clear understanding of the pressures specific to each client's business. Because the firm has stayed small by design, clients are never routed through a call center — they work directly with Steve.

30+ years of experience across food, retail and property businesses

Direct access to Steve — not a rotating cast of junior staff

An Enrolled Agent, licensed to represent clients directly before the IRS

A firm built around personal service, not billable-hour volume

WHAT WE SPECIALIZE IN

Deep in a few industries, on purpose

Rather than trying to be everything to everyone, the firm focuses where its experience runs deepest.

Hospitality & Restaurant

Tip reporting, tight margins, seasonal staffing and cash flow that moves fast — we know the rhythm of the industry.

Grocery Stores & Delis

Inventory turnover, sales tax on mixed goods, thin margins — the exact terrain we've worked in for three decades.

Real Estate

From rental income to property transactions, we help owners keep the accounting as solid as the asset itself.

A recent transformation

From scattered receipts to a system that runs it self-defense

One of the most common problems the firm solves for clients: sales tax that's tracked by hand, reconstructed at filing time, and always a little stressful.

BEFORE

Sales tax pulled together manually each filing period

No consistent process for tracking what was collected vs. owed

Filing season meant digging back through months of records

AFTER

A streamlined sales tax process built around how the business runs

Clear, ongoing tracking that's always audit-ready

Filing became routine instead of a fire drill

Meet Steve

Steve started out working for his father, Vincent J. Schaze, while he was still a student at San Jose State University — learning the practice from the ground up. After years gaining experience at a variety of other firms, he came back to the family practice and took the reins in 2004.

Since then, he has run the firm himself, building it around the principle it started with: know each client's business as well as they do, and be the person who actually answers when they call.

While at San Jose State University

Started at Vincent J. Schaze & Co

Worked for his father, learning the fundamentals of the practice firsthand.

Following Graduation

Experience across other firms

Broadened his perspective working in a variety of firms before returning home.

2004

Took over the family practice

Returned to his father's firm and took ownership, continuing the work under his own name.

Today

Steven V. Schaze & Co

Still hands-on with every client, with more than 30 years of experience behind him.

Rooted Locally

Steven V. Schaze & Co. works in person with clients throughout the local community, with limited availability for virtual arrangements on a case-by-case basis. Local business owners are welcome to schedule an in-person meeting.