The five service areas

A closer look at what each one covers, from the everyday accounting that keeps your records reliable to the reporting and advisory that help you understand, manage, and grow the business.

01

Accounting Operations

  • Monthly review and classification of business activity
  • Receipt, invoice, and statement collection support
  • Sales, receivables, payables, and expense processing
  • Payroll accounting and coordination with the payroll provider
  • Bank, credit card, and loan reconciliations
  • Month-end close, including accruals, prepaids, and other adjustments
  • Balance sheet account review and follow-up on unusual items
  • Revenue recognition and deferred-revenue tracking
  • Progress and milestone billing support
02

Tax Compliance

  • HST/GST return preparation and filing
  • Corporate income tax returns for owner-managed businesses
  • Review of tax filing deadlines and required information
  • Coordination of accounting records for year-end tax work
  • CRA notice and correspondence support
  • Reminders for tax instalments and filing obligations

Routine CRA support means letters or questions connected to filings prepared by Anchor & Wave. CRA reviews, audits, collections, disputes, objections, overdue remittances, and historical issues are handled separately or referred out where needed.

03

Reporting & Insight

  • Management-use financial statements
  • Monthly or quarterly owner reports
  • Cash flow visibility and short-term summaries
  • Revenue, expense, and margin review
  • Variance and trend explanations
  • Budget-to-actual and prior-period comparisons
  • Key business metric tracking
  • Project and client profitability tracking
04

Controller-Level Advisory

  • Cash flow planning and forecasting
  • Budgeting and scenario planning
  • Pricing and margin guidance
  • Financial analysis for financing, growth, and major business decisions
  • Process and system improvement recommendations
  • Review of financial risks and working capital needs
  • Regular advisory meetings
05

Setup & Cleanup

  • Setup of accounting system, bank feeds, and app connections
  • Chart of accounts review and cleanup
  • Catch-up accounting for prior periods
  • Payroll account review and setup coordination
  • Opening balance review
  • Cleanup of unreconciled accounts and misclassified entries
  • HST/GST catch-up support

Service boundaries

Anchor & Wave does not provide audits, review engagements, compilation engagements, agreed-upon procedures, assurance services, or public-accounting sign-off work. Financial information prepared through Anchor & Wave is for management-use, tax-compliance, and internal decision-support purposes.

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