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title: Accounting & Financial Reporting for Corporate Housing | Staylio
url: https://staylio.co/platform/accounting/
description: A real general ledger for corporate housing: chart of accounts, journal entries, bank reconciliation, period close, deferred revenue and P&L by unit and client.
---

# Accounting built for corporate housing, on a real general ledger.

Rent billed in advance, deposits held, owners paid and vendors 1099'd: all of it in books a controller can close.

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In short

Staylio includes full accounting for corporate housing operators: a general ledger with a chart of accounts and GL account mapping, journal entries and batch posting, a bank register, bank reconciliation and period close, deferred revenue and revenue recognition, a trial balance and balance sheet, profit and loss by unit, by client and by period, and sales and lodging tax reporting by jurisdiction.

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### The ledger underneath everything

Invoices, payments, vendor bills, deposits and refunds post to the general ledger through your account mapping. Journal entries handle the rest, posted one at a time or in batches.

- Chart of accounts and GL account mapping
- General ledger and GL register
- Journal entries and batch posting
- Trial balance and balance sheet

02

### Banking and the month-end close

Keep a bank register for each account, reconcile, and close the period when it balances. A books health check flags what needs attention before you close.

- Bank register and bank reports
- Bank reconciliation
- Period close and period reassignment
- Books health and balance sheet reconciliation

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### Reports that answer the real questions

Which units make money? Which clients? How much rent is billed but not yet earned? The reports are built around how corporate housing actually runs.

- Profit and loss, by unit and by client
- P&L comparisons
- Deferred revenue and its rollforward
- Revenue recognition schedule
- Sales tax report by jurisdiction

Everything included

## What accounting & reporting covers.

- Chart of accounts
- GL account mapping
- General ledger and GL register
- Journal entries
- Batch posting
- Period close
- Trial balance
- Balance sheet
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Bank register and bank reports
- Bank reconciliation
- Deferred revenue and rollforward
- Revenue recognition schedule
- Profit and loss
- P&L by unit
- P&L by client
- P&L comparisons
- Tax jurisdictions, profiles and types
- Sales tax report
- Books health
- Audit logs and data export

Screens on this page show sample data.

One record

## Connected to the rest of Staylio.

Every module shares one database, so a change here shows up everywhere it matters.

[**Billing & invoicing**](https://staylio.co/platform/billing/)

[**Vendors & payables**](https://staylio.co/platform/vendors/)

[**Properties & units**](https://staylio.co/platform/properties/)

[**Lodging tax and the 30-day rule**](https://staylio.co/blog/lodging-tax-30-day-rule/)

[**1099s for corporate housing operators**](https://staylio.co/blog/1099s-for-corporate-housing-operators/)

FAQ

## Accounting & reporting: questions

**Is Staylio's accounting a full general ledger?**

Yes. It has a chart of accounts, journal entries, a trial balance, a balance sheet, bank reconciliation and period close, not just a list of invoices.

**How is rent billed in advance handled?**

Rent billed before the period it covers goes to deferred revenue and is recognized when it is earned. The deferred revenue rollforward and the revenue recognition schedule show both sides.

**Can Staylio handle lodging and sales taxes?**

Yes. Tax jurisdictions, tax profiles and tax types are set up once and applied to bookings, and the sales tax report totals what you collected. Rules vary by place; read [our guide to the 30-day rule](https://staylio.co/blog/lodging-tax-30-day-rule/).

**Can we export our data?**

Yes. Data export is built in, and every change is recorded in the audit log.

Beta launching January 1, 2027

## Run your whole portfolio from one screen.

The Staylio beta opens to corporate housing operators on January 1, 2027. Get on the list, or see it first on a demo.

[Join the beta](https://staylio.co/beta/)

[Request a demo](https://staylio.co/demo/)

Beta launches January 1, 2027