We provide full-service corporate tax filings, bookkeeping, and CRA compliance support specifically designed for General Contractors. Our Big4 alumni specialists handle direct tax filings, payroll coordination, and financial statement compilation to optimize your business operations.
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Book Free ConsultationAccounting for general contractors in Canada: Tax Filings Canada handles T5018 filing, holdbacks, progress billing and your T2, at a fixed fee with pay-after-service.
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We prepare your general contractors return and every supporting schedule.
You review each figure and approve before anything is filed.
We file with the CRA, and you pay only after it is complete.
| 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 |
A general contractor sits between the owner and the trades, and both sides create tax timing problems. Downstream, every payment to a subcontractor must be reported on the T5018 information return, since construction is your primary activity. Upstream, holdbacks retained by the owner are not income until they become receivable under the contract or lien legislation, so recognizing them at invoicing pays corporate tax as much as a year before the money arrives.
The tax position of General Contractors is shaped by rules that never come up for most businesses. Below are the construction provisions that decide what a well-prepared file looks like, and where the avoidable cost usually sits.
T5018 subcontractor slips are matched by the CRA against what those subcontractors report, which makes accurate payment records a defence rather than paperwork.
A contractor treating crew as subcontractors without written agreements, their own tools and genuine business risk is the classic worker-classification reassessment in this sector.
Heavy equipment generally falls in Class 38 or Class 10, while small tools under the prescribed threshold can be expensed outright in the year purchased.
Travel between the shop and a job site is business travel; travel from home to a regular site is generally personal, and the logbook is what separates the two.
Progress billings follow the percentage-of-completion method for accounting, and the tax treatment tracks it, so month-end job costing feeds directly into the return.
Incorporating the equipment side separately from the contracting side limits liability and can move depreciation to where the income is, but the associated-corporation rules share one small business limit.
This is the level of sector detail built into every fixed-fee engagement we run for General Contractors, with payment due only after you have approved the work.
Specialized Construction sector compliance, bookkeeping, and tax planning for General Contractors.
Providing tailored General Contractors tax filing and planning to reduce liabilities, maximize refunds, and ensure CRA compliance.
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From bookkeeping to corporate audits, protect your General Contractors business with CRA compliance and expert cross border tax strategies.
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Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for General Contractors businesses.
Transparent, fixed-fee General Contractors pricing with zero hidden fees. Pay only after your General Contractors work is completed and filed.
T2 corporate tax filing, balance sheets, income statements compilation, corporate tax optimization, and direct CRA representation.
T5013 partnership information returns, K-1 partner schedule allocations, structural planning, and tax minimization advisory.
T3010 registered charity returns, T1044 NPO return filing, financial summaries compilation, and compliance audits support.
T3 trust tax return filing, testamentary trust setups, estate distribution allocations, and strategic inheritance planning.
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.
Sales tax ledger reconciliation, Input Tax Credits (ITCs) verification, Netfile electronic submission to CRA, and provincial compliance checks.
See how our expert General Contractors tax and accounting services have helped Canadian businesses save money and stay compliant.
Collections had begun against a custom home builder in Victoria, British Columbia over 6 years of unfiled returns. Bringing them current cut $103,000 from the balance.
Closing the books at a drywall subcontractor in Mississauga, Ontario took 7 weeks because of seasonal revenue reported without matching the costs that produced it. It now takes 5 days.
A commercial general contractor in Brampton, Ontario was under review over equipment and asset classes assigned by guesswork rather than the CCA schedule. The file closed in 4 weeks with $111,000 of proposed tax cleared.
The structure at a roofing company in Lethbridge, Alberta no longer fitted the business, and a previous accountant with no experience of this sector showed it. Rebuilding it saves $30,500 a year.
A concrete and forming crew in Halifax, Nova Scotia was profitable and permanently short of cash, with industry-specific reporting obligations nobody had flagged behind the gap. Restructuring the tax cycle freed $45,000.
A residential framing contractor in Moncton, New Brunswick had never tested its work against the eligibility rules. The resulting $72,000 claim was accepted without adjustment.
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Direct answers to what Canadian business owners actually ask before hiring an accountant.
Six years from the end of the tax year the records relate to. That covers invoices, receipts, bank statements, payroll records and the working papers behind the return. Records supporting the purchase of a capital asset must be kept six years past the year the asset is finally sold.
The late-filing penalty is 5% of the balance owing plus 1% for each full month the return is late, to a maximum of twelve months. A second late filing within three years doubles those figures. Interest compounds daily from the balance-due date regardless of when the return is filed.
Yes, in proportion to business use, and the logbook is what supports it. The CRA accepts a full-year log, or a three-month sample backed by a complete prior-year log. Travel between home and a regular place of work is personal; travel between work locations is business.
Incorporation usually pays once profit consistently exceeds what the owner draws personally, because the retained amount is taxed at small business rates rather than personal rates. Where the entire profit is withdrawn each year, incorporation often costs more in filing and compliance than it saves.
Ratios that sit outside sector norms, repeated losses, large or round-numbered expense claims, and mismatches between filed slips and reported income. Most reviews are resolved on documentation alone, which is why contemporaneous records matter more than the size of any single claim.
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.
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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