For owners who do their own books
What is doing your own books costing you?
Most owners never add it up. Move the sliders to match your business. Every number below comes from what you enter.
Your year, side by side
Entering receipts, matching the bank, invoicing, chasing payments, HST.
What you'd bill a customer for an hour on a job, or what you'd earn instead.
The shoebox weekend before your accountant needs everything.
Look at last year's invoice. Leave it at $0 if they don't charge for it.
Quoting, the site visit, the follow-up call.
8 hours × 12 months + 12 at year-end = 108 hours × $80 + $500 tidy-up = $9,140.
And you get back 108 hours a year. That's about 13½ working days. Time for quotes, follow-ups and the next customer, instead of the books.
At 4 hours to win a new job, that's enough to chase about 27 more jobs a year.
What doing it yourself leaves out
- A profit and loss statement and balance sheet every month, not once a year
- Every account checked against your bank and card statements
- The HST you owe tracked as you go, so the payment is never a surprise
- Plain-English notes each month on what changed and what needs you
- Receipts snapped on your phone and kept for CRA's six years
What mistakes cost
- A late GST/HST return: 1% of the balance owing, plus another 0.25% of it for each full month late, up to 12 months. Interest runs on top.
- A purchase with no receipt: CRA can deny the HST credit you claimed on it.
- A late payroll remittance: the penalty starts from the first day late.
See it on your own books
We're a Canadian company. We keep your books current every month and work alongside your accountant, not instead of them. A ten-minute demo shows exactly what you'd see each month. Ask for one below.
Plan prices are monthly, in Canadian dollars, plus HST, current as of October 18, 2026. Standard onboarding is included. The figures above are an estimate built from the numbers you entered, not a promise of savings. The penalty rules are CRA's, summarized; check canada.ca for the details that apply to you.
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