By OptiVal Editorial Desk
A US customer places a $40,000 order with your Ontario business. Do you add 13% HST? If you are shipping that order across the border, the…
Insights for Canadian Business Owners
By OptiVal Editorial Desk
US tariffs have been squeezing Canadian exporters for months, and the federal lender's response is worth your attention: BDC Pivot to Grow. The program lends up…
By OptiVal Editorial Desk
Most Canadian businesses start their finance life with a bookkeeper, and that is the right call early on: transactions recorded, bank reconciled, payroll run, CRA filings…
By OptiVal Editorial Desk
What makes construction bookkeeping different
Most businesses invoice and collect. Construction projects run for months, you bill in instalments, the client holds back part of every…
By OptiVal Editorial Desk
Outsourced Bookkeeping Quality Control: A Checklist for Accounting Firms
Ask a room of accounting partners what worries them most about outsourcing bookkeeping, and you will hear…
If you run a business in Canada and you bought equipment this year, or plan to before December 31, a federal proposal announced on September 15 could change your 2026…