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Bookkeeping for E-Commerce Sellers in Canada Sep 22, 2026

Shopify, Amazon, and Etsy each pay out differently, tax differently, and take their cut differently — which means treating them as one interchangeable "online sales" bucket in your books hides more th...

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BC Pauses October 1 PST Expansion on Professional Services Sep 18, 2026

Update — September 18, 2026: B.C. has paused the planned October 1 expansion of PST to professional services. If you've been preparing to start charging PST on bookkeeping and accounting, architectura...

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BC PST on Real Estate Commissions: October 1, 2026 Change Paused Sep 17, 2026

 

B.C. has announced that the planned October 1, 2026 expansion of PST to professional services has been paused.

The Province says the pause will maintain the existing PST exemption for professiona...

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How to Record CRA Remittance Payments Properly Sep 17, 2026

 

A remittance payment to the CRA looks like just another payment leaving the bank account, but recording it the wrong way can quietly throw off a liability account without anything looking obviously...

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Work-in-Progress (WIP) Accounting for a Small Business Sep 17, 2026

 

A project that stretches across several months creates a real bookkeeping problem: the invoice hasn't gone out yet, but real costs and real earned value are already sitting there. Work-in-progress ...

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How to Record a Construction Holdback in Your Books Sep 17, 2026

 

A holdback shows up on nearly every construction invoice in Canada, and it trips up a lot of bookkeeping because it isn't a discount, a bad debt, or a simple timing gap. It's a specific legal requi...

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BC PST on Property Management Services: October 1, 2026 Change Paused Sep 17, 2026

 

 

B.C. has announced that the planned October 1, 2026 expansion of PST to professional services has been paused.

The Province says the pause will maintain the existing PST exemption for professi...

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Void vs. Delete: Why It Matters in QuickBooks Online Sep 17, 2026

The two buttons sit right next to each other in QuickBooks Online, but they do different things. Picking the wrong one can quietly distort a business's records in a way that's hard to catch later.

If...

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Writing Off Bad Debt in Canada Sep 17, 2026

 

An invoice that will genuinely never be paid is called bad debt, and writing it off correctly involves more than just deleting the invoice — done right, it can also recover GST/HST already remitted...

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BC PST on Bookkeeping Services: October 1, 2026 Change Paused Sep 17, 2026

 

 

B.C. has announced that the planned October 1, 2026 expansion of PST to professional services has been paused.

The Province says the pause will maintain the existing PST exemption for professi...

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BC PST on Bookkeeping Services: What the October 1, 2026 Pause Means Sep 17, 2026

 

B.C. has announced that the planned October 1, 2026 expansion of PST to professional services has been paused.

The Province says the pause will maintain the existing PST exemption for professiona...

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Bookkeeping for Restaurants & Hospitality Businesses in Canada Sep 15, 2026

Restaurants and hospitality businesses move a high volume of small transactions every single day, and that volume is exactly what makes generic monthly bookkeeping habits fall short here.

Daily Cash ...

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