Canada layers provincial sales taxes over federal GST/HST and adds T2 corporate filing. We keep the federal/provincial split clean and your books ASPE-ready.
Three tiers by how many transactions a month your books carry. Tell us yours and you get scope, price and a start date in writing, in CAD, within 24 hours.
| Tier | Quote |
|---|---|
| Essentialup to 150 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Essential bookkeeping in Canada |
| Growth150–500 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Growth bookkeeping in Canada |
| Scale500–1,000 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Scale bookkeeping in Canada |
Above 1,000 transactions a month — quoted in 24 hours.
QuickBooks Online
Provincial sales tax layers on top of federal GST differently in each province, so the chart of accounts has to separate GST, HST, PST and QST from the start.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| GST/HST return and paymentGST/HST registrants | Quarterly | 1 month after the end of the reporting period for monthly and quarterly filers | CRA |
| T2 corporation income tax return | Annual | 6 months after the end of the fiscal year | CRA |
| Corporate tax balance payment | Annual | 2 months after year end, or 3 months for a Canadian-controlled private corporation claiming the small business deduction | CRA |
| T4 slips and summaryEmployers | Annual | Last day of February | CRA |
| Payroll source deduction remittanceEmployers | Monthly | 15th of the following month for regular remitters | CRA |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with CRA. This is general information, not tax advice.
Thirteen services across three teams, each described for Canada specifically rather than in general. Compliance is deliberately a separate team from bookkeeping, so liability and pricing stay clean.
Canadian bookkeeping means keeping the federal and provincial layers apart from the first entry. GST at 5% and HST at 13%–15% behave differently by province, and PST or QST sits largely outside the input-tax-credit system altogether. We code them separately in QuickBooks Online so the GST/HST return, due a month after the reporting period, reconciles without a year-end adjustment.
Read the Canada bookkeeping guideCanadian backlogs compound quietly because the T2 is due six months after year end while the balance is payable at two — three for a CCPC claiming the small business deduction. Interest is already running by the time anyone notices. We rebuild GST/HST period by period, separate the provincial layer, and restate so the T2 can be prepared from real numbers.
Read the Canada catch-up bookkeeping guideCanadian cleanups usually mean untangling GST/HST from PST and QST after the fact. The provincial taxes are treated inconsistently in most damaged files — often claimed as an input credit, which they generally are not — and the error repeats every period. We separate the layers, reconcile the GST/HST control account to what was filed, and restate to ASPE.
Accounting Cleanup in CanadaCanadian payables are where the input-tax-credit rules bite hardest. GST/HST is recoverable, PST generally is not, and QST runs its own regime — so a single supplier invoice can need three different treatments. We capture bills into QuickBooks Online, code each tax layer separately, and reconcile the creditors ledger so the GST/HST claim is supportable.
Accounts Payable in CanadaCanadian AR carries the GST/HST rate of the customer's province rather than yours, so place-of-supply rules decide what you invoice. Getting it wrong understates a liability due one month after the reporting period whether or not the invoice was paid. We invoice with the correct provincial treatment, collect on schedule, and report DSO against the filing calendar.
Accounts Receivable in CanadaCanadian payroll is a remittance discipline more than a calculation one. Source deductions for a regular remitter are due by the 15th of the following month, and T4 slips and the summary by the last day of February. Provincial rules layer on top. We run payroll in Wagepoint or QuickBooks, reconcile the remittance account monthly, and prepare T4s from a ledger that already agrees.
Payroll in CanadaA Canadian controller's real job is keeping the federal and provincial layers reconciled while producing accrual accounts under ASPE. GST/HST input credits, PST and QST treatment and inter-provincial payroll all need controls at the point of entry. We own the close, run the reconciliations, and deliver management reporting the T2 can be prepared from six months after year end.
Controller in CanadaIn Canada the corporate tax balance is due two months after year end — three for a CCPC claiming the small business deduction — while the T2 itself is not due for six. A virtual CFO closes that gap by forecasting taxable income through the year, so the payment is funded before the return is drafted and the small business deduction limit is modelled before you plan straight through it.
Read the Canada virtual cfo guideThe T2 is due six months after your fiscal year end, but the balance is payable at two months — three for a Canadian-controlled private corporation claiming the small business deduction. We prepare the T2 and the ASPE financial statements behind it, reconcile the year's GST/HST, and coordinate the provincial filings that sit alongside the federal return.
Tax Preparation in CanadaCanadian indirect tax is three systems stacked on each other. GST at 5% or HST at 13%–15% is federal, with returns due one month after the reporting period; PST and QST are provincial and largely outside the input-tax-credit mechanism. Registration is mandatory above C$30,000 in taxable supplies over four consecutive quarters. We keep the layers separate at entry.
Read the Canada sales tax · vat · gst guideQuoted in 24 hours · CAD
Canadian startups model runway around SR&ED. The refundable credit is real cash for a CCPC, but it arrives after the T2 rather than alongside it, so the timing belongs in the forecast rather than in the footnotes. We build the three-statement model, track eligible expenditure in the ledger as it happens, and prepare ASPE statements a Canadian or US investor can read.
Get a quote for fundraising finance in CanadaA Canadian migration has to be built for the tax layers on day one. If the chart of accounts does not separate GST/HST from PST and QST at setup, every future return needs a manual adjustment to get right. We migrate into QuickBooks Online with the provincial treatments configured, reconcile opening balances to the last filed GST/HST return, and wire in Dext and Wagepoint.
Tech Stack Migration in CanadaCanadian firms use us for the volume work behind T2 season: bookkeeping, GST/HST reconciliation, T4 preparation and ASPE working papers assembled to your own templates. You keep the engagement and the filing. We work inside your practice environment under your file-naming conventions, and your clients only ever deal with your firm.
White-Label Accounting in CanadaAdded when you need them, each billed on the basis shown and quoted in writing in CAD within 24 hours.
Busy-season surge
Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours. A turnaround under 48 hours during peak season carries a surcharge, agreed in writing before the work starts. Standard turnaround is the default; the surcharge applies only when you ask for the faster one.
Salt Accounting Group is a front-end brand. Delivery is by contracted partner firms working to Salt's scope and review. Salt holds no offices, no employees and no professional registration in Canada, and nothing on this page should be read as a claim to any. Every engagement runs under a multi-jurisdictional NDA, agreed before access to your file is set up.
No bookkeeping tier includes a GST/HST return — annual, quarterly or monthly. Whichever frequency the CRA has assigned you, returns are priced separately from the tier. The tier prices the books; the return is added to them.
Built for the Canadian pain points we hear most: Provincial vs federal tax overlap · GST/HST/PST/QST complexity · Bilingual (QC) requirements.
We prepare to ASPE or IFRS, as issued by the AcSB. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.
