Bookkeeping services in West Vancouver
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This is where we are. Monthly books, GST and PST, payroll and year-end returns for West Vancouver businesses and the holding companies beside them.
Short answer: Orbis Accounting Ltd. is based in West Vancouver. We keep the monthly books for local small businesses, file GST and PST, run payroll, and prepare T1 and T2 returns from the same books, for a fixed monthly fee quoted in writing within one business day. Most of the work is online, but if you would rather hand something over in person, this is the one place it is straightforward.
What we do for West Vancouver businesses
- Monthly bookkeeping, reconciled and closed every month
- GST and PST returns, filed on schedule
- Payroll, T4s and ROEs, with WorkSafeBC reporting
- T1 returns for sole proprietors, and T2 returns for operating and holding companies
- Shareholder accounts, salary and dividends kept in line across the company and the owner
What is different about the books here
West Vancouver work runs heavily to professional practices, consultants, contractors and owners with a holding company beside the operating one. A holding company is a second set of books and a second year end, and the transactions between the two, dividends up and loans across, have to agree on both sides. Keeping both in one practice is what makes them agree.
Your West Vancouver business licence
The District of West Vancouver requires a licence for home-based businesses, and a licence inspector contacts you about the application, sometimes with an inspection. A business cannot operate until the licence is approved, licences run for the calendar year, and renewals are due by 31 January. The zoning rules for a home business are tight: no more than two members of the immediate family may be involved and they must live in the home, there are no direct sales from the premises except an artist selling their own work, no more than one client at a time, and client parking must be on site.
A North Shore contractor in a qualifying trade can add the North Shore inter-municipal licence, which covers West Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver.
Questions West Vancouver owners ask
Can I meet you in person in West Vancouver?
Yes. Our office is here, so meeting or handing over documents in person is easy to arrange, though nothing in the monthly work requires it.
Do you keep the books for a holding company as well?
Yes. A holding company is its own set of books and its own T2, and we keep it alongside the operating company so the transactions between them agree.
When is my West Vancouver business licence renewal due?
By 31 January. West Vancouver licences run for the calendar year.
Can I run a business from my home in West Vancouver?
Often, with a licence and within the zoning rules: no more than two immediate family members who live there, no direct sales except an artist’s own work, and one client at a time.
Salary or dividends for a BC owner →
Bookkeeping for consultants and professional services →
Bookkeeping for contractors and trades →
Get a written quote
Tell us where you are, roughly how many transactions a month and what you need filed. A written scope and a fixed monthly price follow within one business day.
info@orbisaccounting.ca