Case Study 1
$83,000 Proposed Adjustment Withdrawn In Full — Electronics Assembler, Estevan
An electronics assembler in Estevan, Saskatchewan faced a $83,000 proposed reassessment after payroll obligations from another province applied to local staff by an out-of-province provider. We rebuilt the documentation and the adjustment was withdrawn in full.
An electronics assembler in Estevan, Saskatchewan received a proposal letter opening a review of its sk tax and accounting file. The CRA had identified payroll obligations from another province applied to local staff by an out-of-province provider and proposed an adjustment of $83,000, with 30 days to respond. We treated the response as an evidence exercise rather than an argument. We assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Technology Start-up Incentive alongside the federal return, then indexed every supporting document against the specific line the auditor had questioned. The proposed adjustment was withdrawn in full — all $83,000 of it. The file closed in 10 weeks with no change to the assessed amounts and no penalty.
Case Study 2
Month-End Close Cut From 12 Weeks To 9 Days — Furniture Manufacturer, Estevan
Closing the books at a furniture manufacturer in Estevan, Saskatchewan took 12 weeks because of provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate SK return. It now takes 9 days.
The accounting file at a furniture manufacturer in Estevan, Saskatchewan was built on provincial sales tax collected but never remitted on the separate SK return. The year-end had taken 12 weeks each of the last three years. We assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Manufacturing and Processing Exporter Tax Incentive alongside the federal return and moved the reconciliations into the monthly cycle, so the year-end stopped being a rebuild. The file reconciles. Month-end closes in 9 days instead of 12 weeks, and the year-end is a review rather than a reconstruction.
Case Study 3
5 Years Filed, $103,000 Removed From The Assessed Balance — Plastics Moulder, Estevan
5 years of returns were outstanding at a plastics moulder in Estevan, Saskatchewan, on top of sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before. Filing on real numbers removed $103,000 of assessed tax.
A plastics moulder in Estevan, Saskatchewan had not filed for 5 years. The CRA had issued arbitrary assessments, and the business was carrying sector-specific exposure the previous accountant had not seen before 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 separated the federal GST and SK provincial sales tax streams, reconciled both to the sales ledger, and filed the corrected provincial returns, filing 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 $103,000 of the estimated balance came off, with a payment arrangement covering the rest.
Case Study 4
Second-Province Expansion Handled, $27,500 Of Cash Released — Precision Machine Shop, Estevan
A precision machine shop in Estevan, Saskatchewan expanded into a second province carrying input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. Every obligation was set up in advance and $27,500 of cash released.
Revenue at a precision machine shop in Estevan, Saskatchewan was up sharply and cash was tighter than ever. Underneath it sat input tax credits claimed against SK provincial tax, which is not recoverable the way GST is. We recalculated the corporate tax at the 10% combined small business rate and rebased the instalments on the current year. Every new obligation — registration, remittance frequency, provincial filing — was set up before it was triggered, not after. $27,500 of cash was released from the working capital cycle, and the expansion completed with every registration and filing obligation covered from day one.
Case Study 5
Filed On Time From A Standing Start, $74,000 Penalty Avoided — Cattle Ranch, Estevan
A cattle ranch in Estevan, Saskatchewan was 5 weeks from a deadline while carrying instalments still calculated on a year the business had long outgrown. Filing complete and on time avoided roughly $74,000 in penalties.
A cattle ranch in Estevan, Saskatchewan came to us 5 weeks before its filing deadline with instalments still calculated on a year the business had long outgrown. A late filing would have triggered a penalty of roughly $74,000 before interest. We worked backwards from the deadline. We assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Technology Start-up Incentive alongside the federal return, prioritising the items that actually gated the filing and deferring everything that did not. The return was filed on time and complete. The $74,000 penalty never arose, and the compliance calendar we set means the next deadline is scheduled rather than discovered.
Case Study 6
Share Sale Restructured, $855,000 Less Tax On Closing — Solar Installation Company, Estevan
Due diligence at a solar installation company in Estevan, Saskatchewan surfaced a minute book with no resolutions behind a decade of dividends. Restructuring the sale saved $855,000 against the original terms.
A solar installation company in Estevan, Saskatchewan was preparing to sell. Due diligence surfaced a minute book with no resolutions behind a decade of dividends, which would have reduced the price or killed the deal outright. We cleaned up the historical file, assessed and claimed Saskatchewan Manufacturing and Processing Exporter Tax Incentive alongside the federal return, and prepared the due-diligence package the buyer's advisers actually asked for. The deal closed at the agreed price. $855,000 of tax was saved against the structure originally proposed, with no post-closing adjustment.