Tax Filings Canada provides full-service accounting for finance & lending companies: monthly bookkeeping and reconciliations, T2 corporate and T1 personal tax filing, GST/HST returns, payroll and CRA correspondence — all at affordable fixed fees agreed up front.
Every engagement is handled by accountants who work with finance & lending companies year-round, so sector-specific deductions and compliance obligations are built into the file rather than bolted on at year-end. You review and approve everything before paying.
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Looking for an accountant for finance & lending companies? Tax Filings Canada handles bookkeeping, T2 corporate and T1 personal filing, GST/HST and payroll for finance & lending companies across Canada — affordable fixed fees, pay only after your work is filed.
Everything starts with your documents — send what you have and we will sort it.
We build the finance & lending companies file carefully, matching your records line by line.
The draft comes back to you for a proper look, not a rushed signature.
When you say go, we file it and follow up with the confirmation.
| Factor | Tax Filings Canada | Typical Firm |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fixed, flat fee | Hourly / unpredictable |
| Payment | Pay after service | Upfront retainer |
| Price match | Yes, on written quotes | Rarely |
| CRA audit support | Included | Billed extra |
| Typical turnaround | 3-5 business days | 2-4 weeks |
For finance & lending companies, the difference between an adequate and a strong filing is sector knowledge. Most financial services are GST/HST-exempt, which blocks input tax credits on overhead and makes cost recovery a planning exercise of its own. Everything is handled at a affordable fixed price — the economical alternative to hourly billing.
Think of these notes as the briefing a tax services provider would give a colleague taking over a finance & lending companies file: not the rules themselves, which you can look up, but where the sector hides its traps and its openings.
If you remember one thing from this page, make it this: Accrued but unbilled revenue belongs in income in the year the work was performed. Deferring it to the invoice date understates taxable income and is a standard reassessment adjustment.
A related rule tends to get overlooked precisely because the first one draws all the attention: Shareholder loan balances must be repaid within one year of the corporation’s following year-end. If they are not, the amount is included in the shareholder’s personal income under subsection 15(2).
What should you expect from us? A fee that does not move after quoting, a completed file you inspect before paying anything, and answers that come from sector repetition rather than a manual opened for the occasion.
Accounting for Finance & Lending Companies is a specialist job because the CRA treats this part of the financial services & insurance sector differently. These are the rules that actually change the number at the bottom of the return.
A fintech straddling exempt financial services and taxable software must classify each revenue stream, and the wrong call compounds across every invoice.
Most financial services are GST/HST-exempt, so input tax credits on rent, technology and marketing are largely unavailable and pricing must absorb the tax.
Advisor practices buying a client list amortise it at 5% a year rather than deducting it, which materially changes the after-tax cost of the acquisition.
Licensing, errors-and-omissions coverage and regulatory filing costs are deductible; the cost of acquiring a book of business is capital recovered through Class 14.1.
Insurance intermediaries may face provincial premium tax obligations that sit entirely outside the income tax system and are easy to miss when expanding provinces.
Segregated fund and trust reporting deadlines fall well before the personal filing deadline, so client-facing advisors need their own calendar.
Corporately owned life insurance interacts with the capital dividend account, and a properly structured policy can move value out of a corporation tax-free at death.
The lifetime capital gains exemption can apply to the sale of shares of an advisory corporation where the qualified small business corporation tests are met. Planning must start years ahead.
None of this is charged as extra advice. It is simply what a properly prepared file for Finance & Lending Companies includes, at the fixed fee agreed up front.
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Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Finance & Lending Companies businesses.
Transparent, fixed-fee Finance & Lending Companies pricing with zero hidden fees. Pay only after your Finance & Lending Companies work is completed and filed.
T2 corporate tax filing, balance sheets, income statements compilation, corporate tax optimization, and direct CRA representation.
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T3010 registered charity returns, T1044 NPO return filing, financial summaries compilation, and compliance audits support.
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Bank & credit card reconciliations, monthly balance sheet and P&L preparation, payroll ledger syncing, and QuickBooks/Xero ledger support.
Compilation engagement report, corporate financial statement compilation, trial balance adjustments, and full T2 return integration.
T1 tax returns compilation for students, salaried employees, and self-employed. Covers T4/T5 matching, RRSP credits, and medical deductions.
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A financial planning practice in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was preparing to sell. However, passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares disqualified the shares. Purification sheltered $415,000 under the exemption.
A financial planning practice in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan had an offer on the table and 20 months to close. The shares did not qualify for the capital gains exemption. Passive assets sitting inside the operating company, disqualifying the shares was part of the reason. We purified the corporation so the shares met the qualifying tests. We reassigned the asset classes on the CCA schedule and corrected the opening balances. All of it was done well ahead of the closing date. The sale closed on schedule with $415,000 sheltered by the lifetime capital gains exemption across the shareholders.
A bookkeeping and payroll bureau in Victoria, British Columbia was overpaying instalments. The cause was industry-specific reporting obligations nobody had flagged. Rebasing them returned $35,500 to the business.
A bookkeeping and payroll bureau in Victoria, British Columbia was paying instalments calculated on a prior year. That year no longer reflected the business. Industry-specific reporting obligations nobody had flagged was tying up $35,500 of cash. We rebased the instalments on the current-year estimate rather than the prior-year default. Alongside that, we rebuilt the chart of accounts around how a finance & lending companies business actually earns and spends. $35,500 of cash stayed in the business, the penalty cycle ended, and the instalment position is reviewed each quarter against actual results.
6 years of returns were outstanding at a private lending business in Toronto, Ontario. That came on top of a previous accountant with no experience of this sector. Filing on real numbers removed $113,000 of assessed tax.
A private lending business in Toronto, Ontario had not filed for 6 years. The CRA had issued arbitrary assessments. The business was carrying a previous accountant with no experience of this sector. That came on top of a growing interest balance. We started with the oldest year and worked forward so each year's closing balances fed the next. We reviewed every sector-specific deduction against the current rules and claimed the ones that had been missed. We filed the years in sequence rather than all at once. Every year is now filed and assessed on actual figures. The notional assessments were vacated and $113,000 of the estimated balance came off, with a payment arrangement covering the rest.
A remuneration review at a captive insurance manager in Hamilton, Ontario saved $31,500 across the corporate and personal returns. It found sector deductions claimed on a general-business basis rather than the finance & lending companies rules.
Nothing was wrong at a captive insurance manager in Hamilton, Ontario. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. Sector deductions claimed on a general-business basis rather than the finance & lending companies rules had never been reviewed. We documented the positions to the standard the CRA applies to this sector specifically. We ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $31,500 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
An insurance brokerage in Regina, Saskatchewan had outgrown its structure. The visible cost was equipment and asset classes assigned by guesswork rather than the CCA schedule. The reorganisation completed tax-deferred and saves $44,000 a year.
An insurance brokerage in Regina, Saskatchewan had outgrown the structure it started with. Equipment and asset classes assigned by guesswork rather than the CCA schedule was the immediate problem. The longer-term one was that the structure blocked the next step. We mapped the current structure and modelled the target. Then we aligned the reporting calendar with the sector’s own seasonal cycle rather than a generic year-end. The tax-deferred elections were filed on time and the supporting valuations documented. The reorganisation completed without triggering tax, and the new structure saves approximately $44,000 a year while removing the exposure the old one carried.
An investment advisory firm in Kelowna, British Columbia expanded into a second province. The file already carried seasonal revenue reported without matching the costs that produced it. Every obligation was set up in advance and $135,000 of cash released.
Revenue at an investment advisory firm in Kelowna, British Columbia was up sharply and cash was tighter than ever. Underneath it sat seasonal revenue reported without matching the costs that produced it. We reassigned the asset classes on the CCA schedule and corrected the opening balances. Every new obligation was set up before it was triggered, not after. That covered registration, remittance frequency and provincial filing. $135,000 of cash was released from the working capital cycle. The expansion completed with every registration and filing obligation covered from day one.
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The CRA looks at control, ownership of tools, chance of profit and risk of loss rather than what the contract is titled. Where a worker is reclassified as an employee, the unremitted CPP, EI and withholding land on the payer, together with penalties and interest.
Individuals pay quarterly instalments once net tax owing passes $3,000 in the current year and either of the two preceding years. Corporations generally pay monthly, with many small CCPCs eligible for quarterly instalments instead. Basing them on a current-year estimate avoids overpaying after a strong year.
The recurring ones are capital cost allowance on equipment placed in service late in the year, the business-use portion of vehicle and home-office costs, and professional development. Each is defensible when documented at the time and difficult to defend when reconstructed later.
Corporate tax filing starts at $90 and bookkeeping at $10 per month, quoted as a fixed fee before work begins. Sector complexity does not trigger a surcharge. Review the full price list.
Registration is mandatory once taxable revenue exceeds $30,000 over four consecutive quarters. Registering voluntarily below that threshold is often worthwhile, because it lets you recover input tax credits on startup and equipment purchases.
Incorporation usually pays off once profit consistently exceeds what you draw personally, because retained earnings are taxed at the small business rate rather than your marginal rate. Below that point the added compliance cost often outweighs the benefit. We model both before you decide.
The CRA requires six years of books and records from the end of the tax year they relate to: invoices, receipts, bank statements, payroll records and contracts. Digital copies are acceptable provided they are legible and complete.
We run the cycle, remit source deductions on schedule, and issue T4s ahead of the February deadline. Late remittances draw a penalty of up to 10% and repeat lateness raises it to 20%, so timing is the whole game. See our payroll service.
Our Pay After Service model means you review and approve all deliverables before making any payment. We prepare your returns or financial files, you review them, and only then do you pay. This ensures 100% satisfaction.
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We support completely secure digital uploads via our client portal, or you can email them to us. We support files from QuickBooks, Xero, Excel, and scan/photo documents.
You are asking the right question, and it has a real answer. Compilation engagements follow CSRS 4200, which requires a basis-of-accounting note describing exactly how the statements were prepared. Lenders read that note, and an omitted one is the fastest way to have a financing package sent back. What we add on top of that is the paperwork discipline that makes the answer stand up if anyone ever asks you to prove it.
Let us give you the substance first and the caveats second. An expense is deductible where it was incurred to earn income and is reasonable in the circumstances. The business-use portion must be supported, which for vehicles means a logbook. The CRA rarely argues that an expense category is wrong; it argues that the proportion claimed was never substantiated. The caveat is simply that facts on your file can shift the outcome, so treat this as the baseline rather than the final word.
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EI benefits are taxable income. Service Canada withholds income tax before each payment reaches you, and the total benefits plus the tax withheld appear on your T4E for the year. That withholding follows a basic calculation rather than your full marginal rate, so people who also worked during the year often end up with a balance owing at filing. Asking Service Canada to withhold more, or setting money aside yourself, avoids a surprise. Higher-income claimants can also have to repay part of their regular benefits through the return.
Income tax starts once taxable income passes the basic personal amount, and a separate provincial or territorial amount applies on top, so the break-even point shifts every year with indexation and differs by where you live. Look up the current amounts on the CRA site or in the year's return package. Credits for tuition, disability, pension income or dependants push the point higher. Filing can still be worthwhile or required with no tax owing, for benefits and credits.
The CRA does use text and email for limited purposes: one-time passcodes when you sign in, and notifications telling you that mail is waiting in your account. It does not text you a refund offer, a payment demand or a link asking for banking details, a SIN or a card number. Never tap a link in an unexpected message; open canada.ca yourself and sign in to My Account to see whether anything is actually outstanding.
Only if you are authorised first. The CRA will not discuss an account with anyone who is not on file as a representative, even a spouse or adult child. The taxpayer can add you online through My Account, or you can submit an AUT-01 with their signature. For someone who cannot sign, the CRA needs legal documents such as a power of attorney or estate paperwork. Authorisation can be limited to view-only access.
No. The fuel charge applies to fuels, not tobacco. Cigarettes carry federal excise duty, a provincial or territorial tobacco tax, and GST or HST on the shelf price, which is why tax makes up most of what you pay. Duty and tobacco tax rates move with budgets and some federal rates are adjusted annually, so check the CRA excise duty rates page and your province's tobacco tax page rather than an older figure.
There is no set number of months. Property tax is handled as a closing adjustment: your lawyer prorates the year's tax to the closing date, so you reimburse the seller for any paid period falling after closing, or take a credit for tax the seller has left unpaid. Where the lender collects tax with the mortgage payment, it may also want an opening cushion. The statement of adjustments shows the exact amount for your deal.
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Udit Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. He is Big 4 trained, at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia. In 2014 he founded his accounting practice to serve entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
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