From a tax filing to ongoing accounting services

Choose annual tax preparation, a focused accounting project, recurring accounting, or deeper reporting and controller guidance.

Four ways to get started

Best when
Your accounting is up to date and you want a return or filing prepared.
What you receive
Direct CPA preparation and filing, with questions answered along the way.
As the work changes
Add ongoing accounting when you want the accounting maintained and reviewed during the year.
Best when
You want to set up, migrate, catch up, or improve a specific accounting process.
What you receive
Focused help with a specific issue, system, or backlog.
As the work changes
Add quarterly or monthly accounting if the same work begins to recur.
Best when
Activity is lower-volume or periodic and quarterly information informs your decisions.
What you receive
Accounting completed on a regular quarterly schedule.
As the work changes
Move to monthly if activity increases or more frequent reporting would be useful.
Best when
You want accounting, reconciliation, reporting, or compliance work completed throughout the year.
What you receive
Current accounting, regular reporting, and one CPA who knows your business.
As the work changes
Add deeper reporting and controller-level advisory as planning and analysis become more important. Take a look at the reporting and controller services.

Services that can grow with your business

Core

From $350 per month

For owners who want accurate monthly accounting, recurring filings kept current, and a reliable view of where the business stands.

Every engagement includes

  • Monthly accounting, reconciliations, and close
  • Receipt capture and document processing
  • Payroll accounting through your payroll platform
  • Monthly management-use financial reports
  • GST/HST return preparation and filing
  • Year-end accounting adjustments and responses to CRA notices related to those filings

Growth

From $900 per month

For businesses looking for stronger reporting, cash-flow visibility, and scheduled monthly discussions of what the numbers show.

Everything in Core, plus

  • Monthly reporting with key metrics and explanations of significant changes and trends
  • Cash-flow reporting, including receivables, payables, and working capital
  • Comparisons with prior periods and existing budgets
  • Project, job, or client profitability tracking
  • Monthly financial review call covering results, cash flow, and owner questions
  • Annual income tax return (T2 corporate or T1 sole-proprietor) preparation and filing

Strategic

Custom pricing

For established businesses that need recurring forecasting, profitability analysis, and controller-level support alongside the monthly accounting and reporting.

Everything in Growth, plus

  • Oversight of the month-end close, significant accounts, and adjustments
  • Cash-flow planning, forecasting, and review of payment-control processes
  • Budget preparation, regular updates, and reporting against actual results
  • Profitability, pricing, margin, working-capital, and scenario analysis
  • Recommendations to improve accounting processes, systems, and internal controls
  • Ongoing controller-level financial review and planning with owners

How the annual return is included

Growth and Strategic include one annual income tax return after twelve paid months. If the return is required sooner, the included amount is prorated from the service start date. This applies to a T2 for a single-province Canadian-controlled private corporation or a T1 with one T2125.

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