Bookkeeping & Payroll Services in Sevier County, TN

Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and the rest of the county the Smokies built.

P&L Business Services provides bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation for businesses across Sevier County. We have been doing this work for 35 years, 28 of them in Tennessee.

Sevierville has its own page. This one covers Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Pittman Center, Seymour, Kodak, and Wears Valley, along with Cosby just over the line in Cocke County. Tourism shapes the books in all of them.

We bill hourly. You pay for the work you actually need, not a package built around someone else’s business.

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What We Handle

Bookkeeping

Bank, loan, and credit card reconciliation
Financial statements
Accounts payable and receivable

Payroll

Payroll tax filing
Quarterly returns, including 941s, 940s, and SUTA
W-2s and 1099s
Sales tax filing

Tax

Tax preparation
Tennessee business tax filing
Tangible personal property returns
Registered agent services

What We Know About Sevier County

A tourism economy has its own rules, and most of them show up in the filings.

Four cities, each with its own rules.

Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Pittman Center are separate cities. Seymour, Kodak, and Wears Valley are not. Inside a city or town, you owe that city’s business tax on top of the county’s. Outside every city limit, you owe the county’s alone. It is one of the first things we confirm.

Rentals collect more than sales tax.

Cabins and overnight rentals collect sales tax and a local occupancy tax, and which local government receives it depends on where the property sits. Get that wrong and the notice comes later, with penalties.

Seasonal payroll is its own discipline.

Crews that grow in the busy season and shrink in January mean hiring, W-2s, and deposit schedules that do not stay put. Getting year-end right starts with getting every pay period right.

Remote whenever you want it.

Documents come to us through our secure client portal or email. Meeting in person is an option you can use when you need it, not an obligation.

Who We Work With

We work with businesses across Sevier County, from owner-operators doing the books on Sunday night to established companies with a full payroll.

That includes trades and contractors, title companies, salons, dental practices, physical therapy clinics, cleaning companies, artists and content creators, and chambers of commerce. See who we serve.

If you are not sure whether you are the right fit, call and ask. It is a short conversation either way.

Serving All of Sevier County

Our Sevier County clients are spread across Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Pittman Center, Seymour, Kodak, and Wears Valley, and next door in Cosby. Across the wider region, we work in Knoxville and Maryville.

Common Questions from Sevier County Business Owners

Do you have an office in Sevier County?

No. Our office is in Oak Ridge, and it moves to downtown Clinton in December 2026. Most of our Sevier County clients work with us digitally, and we meet in person when it helps.

My cabin rental is outside the city limits. What do I file?

Sales tax, plus the county’s occupancy tax rather than a city’s. Which local government receives it depends on exactly where the property sits. We confirm it before anything is due.

Do you handle payroll for seasonal staff?

Yes. Seasonal hiring is normal work for us. We keep year-to-date figures straight through the busy months and the slow ones, so W-2s and 1099s are right at year end.

Do I need a CPA or a bookkeeper?

For most businesses, a bookkeeper handles the ongoing work — recording transactions, reconciling accounts, running payroll, filing sales and business tax returns, and producing financial statements. A CPA is typically brought in for audits, complex tax strategy, or certified financial statements. We handle bookkeeping, payroll, and tax preparation, and we will tell you plainly if something needs a CPA. We work directly with several CPAs and will refer you to them.

How do you charge?

We bill hourly. We do not sell packages, because most businesses do not need the same amount of work every month and we would rather not charge you for hours you did not use.