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Checklist for Small Business Startups

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It also keeps people out of your personal accounts that you probably don’t want to be there. Accounting Software (Hire an accountant and/or bookkeeper) Small businesses should consider using accounting software instead of Excel or other record keeping options due to its automation, efficiency, and reliability in managing financial tasks.

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How to Use Online Banking to File and Pay Your Business Sales Tax, Payroll DAS and Corporate Tax

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Business tax instalment payments (including GST-QST instalments ) This means that instead of entering the data on the forms that are available via my business account at CRA and RQ and then going to your bank to make payment, either online or via mail, it can all be done at one time through one form that serves as both tax filing and payment.

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Your 10-step checklist for end of financial year in 2024

Xero

Save time on sending invoices and reminders in the new year by using an accounting software that does it for you. Evaluate your business expenses You may be able to claim business expenses in your tax return to reduce the total tax you need to pay. You may want to consult an accountant or bookkeeper for this step.

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Should you use accounting software or a spreadsheet to track your small business finances?

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Others decided it made sense to use accounting software right at the outset of their businesses. There are situations, especially when you are planning to do your own small business accounting , where it can be significantly beneficial to upgrade your record keeping from a spreadsheet to accounting software.

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How do you organise finances for a small business?

Reckon

With the benefits of automaton and the ability to integrate with your accounting software, a good budgeting app will make this process a breeze. Even more importantly, you can accurately do your BAS , GST , payroll , and tax returns. Use good quality accounting software to streamline the process.

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Small business bookkeeping for dummies

Reckon

These days, you can simply use accounting software to do this. To take the sting out of this task, accounting software will easily reconcile for you. Accounting software is built to do bookkeeping. Ensuring you pay your own outstanding invoices on time ( accounts payable ). Reconciling.

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Guidance on Filing the RL1 Summary and CNESST Salary Declarations

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

While there are numerous payroll software that handle the filing of the T4 and RL1 slips , the RL1 summary is usually left to the employer (and/or their accountants) to file. The first important year end deadline for corporations , with employees, is the end of February. This can be mailed to Revenue Quebec along with a cheque.

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