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Writing for Canadian bookkeeping firms
Notes on the parts of the work that are tedious, easy to get wrong, or badly explained elsewhere. Written for practitioners, not for search engines.
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A month-end close checklist for Canadian bookkeeping firms
A practical close sequence for firms running books for many clients at once, covering document intake, GST/HST review, reconciliation, and the sign-off that protects the file.
7 min read
What AI bookkeeping can and cannot do in a Canadian firm
An honest split between the bookkeeping work automation genuinely removes and the work that still requires a professional, written for firms evaluating tools.
6 min read
GST/HST input tax credits: what your records have to show
The CRA's documentary requirements for claiming input tax credits, including the thresholds at $30 and $150 and the time limits for claiming.
5 min read
How long Canadian businesses have to keep records
The CRA's six-year retention rule, how the period is actually measured, the cases that run longer, and what a firm should tell clients about digital copies.
6 min read
Cutting data entry time in a bookkeeping practice
Where the hours actually go in a bookkeeping engagement and the changes that reduce them, in order of how much they return for the effort.
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