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Book Free ConsultationAccounting for marketing agencies in Canada: Tax Filings Canada handles agent-versus-principal media billing, GST/HST and your T2, at a fixed fee.
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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 |
Agencies routinely overstate their own size and their own tax. When media and ad spend is billed through the agency, whether you are acting as principal or as agent for the client decides whether that pass-through is your revenue or merely a recovery, and it changes both reported revenue and the GST/HST treatment of the recharge. Getting it wrong inflates the top line and can lead to remitting tax on money that was never a supply by you.
Accounting for Marketing Agencies is a specialist job because the CRA treats this part of the professional services sector differently. These are the rules that actually change the number at the bottom of the return.
Disbursements recovered from clients are revenue, not a wash: the CRA expects them in income with the matching cost deducted, and netting them off is a common reassessment trigger.
Partner draws are not salary. Drawing ahead of allocated income creates a debit capital account the CRA can treat as a shareholder-style benefit on audit.
A home office qualifies only where it is the principal place of business or used exclusively and regularly to meet clients; the deduction cannot create or increase a business loss.
Practice-management software, secure client portals and cyber-liability cover are current expenses, while the licence itself may be a Class 12 or Class 50 capital asset.
An incorporated practice files the T2 within six months of year-end, with the balance due two months after (three for a CCPC claiming the small business deduction).
Partnerships crossing $2 million in combined revenue and expenses, or holding a corporate partner, must file the T5013 information return by March 31.
The salary-versus-dividend mix is where the money is: salary creates RRSP room and CPP entitlement, dividends avoid payroll remittances, and the right split changes with the owner's draw.
Passive investment income above $50,000 a year grinds the small business deduction dollar for dollar, so retained earnings need a deliberate investment plan.
None of this is charged as extra advice. It is simply what a properly prepared file for Marketing Agencies includes, at the fixed fee agreed up front.
Specialized Professional Services sector compliance, bookkeeping, and tax planning for Marketing Agencies.
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From bookkeeping to corporate audits, protect your Marketing Agencies business with CRA compliance and expert cross border tax strategies.
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Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Tailored compliance, tracking, and tax solutions for Marketing Agencies businesses.
Transparent, fixed-fee Marketing Agencies pricing with zero hidden fees. Pay only after your Marketing Agencies 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 Marketing Agencies tax and accounting services have helped Canadian businesses save money and stay compliant.
28 months of records at a marketing agency in Burnaby, British Columbia had never been reconciled, leaving a previous accountant with no experience of this sector. Rebuilding recovered $3,000.
A surveying practice in Windsor, Ontario was overpaying instalments because of seasonal revenue reported without matching the costs that produced it. Rebasing them returned $108,000 to the business.
A management consultancy in Toronto, Ontario was filing correctly and still overpaying because of industry-specific reporting obligations nobody had flagged. Restructuring the position cut $26,500 from the annual bill.
Scaling exposed equipment and asset classes assigned by guesswork rather than the CCA schedule at a translation services company in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The back office was rebuilt to match, freeing $105,000.
A boutique law firm in Brampton, Ontario faced a $89,000 proposed reassessment after a chart of accounts that told the owner nothing about marketing agencies margin. We rebuilt the documentation and the adjustment was withdrawn in full.
An incentive review at a recruitment firm in Moncton, New Brunswick found provincial credits left unclaimed alongside every federal filing and recovered $40,000 across 7 open years.
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Direct answers to what Canadian business owners actually ask before hiring an accountant.
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.
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.
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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