Bookkeeping services in Delta, Ladner and Tsawwassen
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Port and logistics, trucking, greenhouses and farms, industrial parks and North Delta’s trades and retail, with the books done online.
Short answer: we keep the books for Delta small businesses in Ladner, Tsawwassen and North Delta: monthly bookkeeping, GST and PST, payroll with T4s and ROEs, and T1 and T2 returns, for a fixed monthly fee. The work is done online from West Vancouver, in English or Mandarin, and the quote arrives in writing within one business day.
What we do for Delta businesses
- Monthly bookkeeping, with vehicle and job costs tracked where they matter
- Import costs, the GST paid at the border and PST self-assessment
- Farm books: the cash method where it applies, and zero-rated sales on the GST return
- Payroll, T4s and ROEs, and WorkSafeBC reporting
- T1 and T2 returns from the books we kept
What is different about the books here
Delta sits on the port, the river and the farmland. Logistics, trucking and importers bring vehicle costs, fuel, drivers who may be employees or contractors, and imports with GST collected at the border. Greenhouses and farms bring the cash method, which farming businesses can use for income tax, and GST returns where many sales are zero-rated while the business still claims credits on its costs.
Your Delta business licence
The City of Delta’s licensing covers home-based businesses as well as shops and industrial units, and for a home business it asks you to read its home-based business regulations first to confirm the business is allowed. A home business in a multiple-family building, a duplex included, needs written permission from the building’s owner or manager and from the occupants of the adjoining units. A licence is valid for one year from the application date and renews automatically, and moving a home business means a new application. Delta is part of both the Metro West and the Fraser Valley inter-municipal licences for trades.
Questions Delta owners ask
Can a farming business use the cash method?
Yes. Farmers, fishers and self-employed commission agents can choose the cash method for income tax; most other businesses must use the accrual method.
Do I need my neighbours’ permission for a home business in a duplex?
In Delta, yes: a home business in a multiple-family building needs written permission from the owner or manager and from the occupants of the adjoining units.
Can you keep the books for a trucking business?
Yes. Vehicle costs, fuel and whether drivers are employees or contractors are the parts that need care, and each has a guide.
Do you have an office in Delta?
No. We are in West Vancouver and the work is online, at the same price as for a business next door to us.
Bookkeeping for importers and distributors →
Importing goods: GST and PST →
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