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We are excited to announce that the Numetrica team has been recognized as one of the top B2B Accounting & Bookkeeping firms in 2023 in Ottawa by UpCity! For more than a decade, UpCity's mission has been—and continues to be—to help businesses find B2B service providers they can trust. Each year, UpCity analyzes and scores more than 50,000 service providers based on their UpCity Recommendability Rating and acknowledges the top national and local providers with an UpCity Excellence Award. The results are in, and we won! We provide cloud accounting & bookkeeping solutions and integration t...

When it comes to getting your corporate taxes done in Ottawa, there are almost seemingly endless possibilities of accountants out there that claim to offer the best in services. Finding a corporate tax accountant in Ottawa is no easy feat. But finding the right one can save your company time, money, and in the end, means you’re done a better road to success than you were the year before. Are you looking for an accounting firm in Ottawa that understands the corporate tax laws in such a way that you feel comfortable having them hiring them for their tax service? Have you been finding t...

People have called us in Ottawa and asked “file my corporate tax return” never do that. What I mean is never just ask for the corporate taxes to be filed without ensuring that the year-end is complete. In addition, before asking for corporate tax return preparation, ensure that you have had a tax strategy. Ensure that the bank and credit card reconciliation are complete Ensure that your HST reported for the year matches the income in your profit and loss (P&L) statements Ensure that HST balances are reflected correctly in your balance sheet Ensure that if you you want or need to ...

Eleven Tax Deductions Every Startup Should Know About Specially The Initial Investments It is extremely important for start-ups, entrepreneurs and even business pros to keep track of their business expenses. These expenses will reduce your taxes when it comes to file your personal tax returns (t1) or corporate tax returns (T2).  When tax season starts the deductions will help and forms your strategic plans to perform tax planning, maximize tax deductions and minimize tax owing. So here are some categories that already exist. All you must do is take advantage of any or all of the following...

We know, you probably aren’t up to speed on all of the business tax credits available. As an entrepreneur, your job is to stay on top of your day to day operations. At Numetrica, our job is to know every tax credit that can benefit your business and save you money. Today, we are writing this blog to let you know there is a specific tax credit out there most companies don’t know about, including you! It’s easy to claim and you just might be eligible. So, what is this special tax credit? We are talking about the SR&ED Tax Credit. In Canada, this is a Scientific Research and Development ...

A little misunderstanding about HST is causing a lot of cash flow issues for many small businesses. Even worst some tax accountants have also misunderstood this concept and are not warning their clients. When new clients come to us, after we migrate their data to QuickBooks Online and attach and integrate a few superpower apps such a Wagepoint, Receipt Bank, and a few more apps. we analyze their data as well and go through a few checkups. We have noticed and discovered that almost all of them have filed their HST incorrectly and inadvertently put themselves in a cash flow issue. (Updated) ...

Real estate agents are now to allowed to create their Personal Real Estate Corporation (PREC) in Ontario  Following reason are why you should take advantage of this long overdue privilege. Tax deferrals: The earning that corporation makes is subject to its own tax rates. These tax rates are less than highest marginal tax rates of let’s say 50%. Normally the highest marginal tax rates kick in at $100,000, this means any income above that threshold would be taxes at 50%. Now let’s assume you made $200,000 as a non-incorporated real estate agent, your tax in excess of the $100,000 is %50,000...

When start-ups or corporations register their business with CRA on default they are put on filing their HST based on regular method filing. Which is very straightforward. They can claim their Input Tax Credits (ITC) against HST collected.  There is another method which is the Quick Method of Accounting or Quick Method. This method requires certain conditions, for example accountants can not use this method, also if your sales are over $400K you can not choose this. Most of independent contractors are eligible to file under method and this will add more income to their business. ...

Everything you need to know about corporate tax return preparation services When do you need to file your corporate tax return? Corporate tax returns filing deadline with CRA is six months after its fiscal year-end date.  So, if the corporation year-end is on Dec 31, deadline for filing the corporate tax return becomes June 30.  In this case fiscal and calendar year are the same. When do you need to make payments?  Although corporate tax return deadline is 6 months after the year-end, payments if any are due 3 months after year-end. When is the best to choose a corporate tax ret...

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