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Gingrich Harris CopelandChartered Professional Accountants

Services

Professional support for every stage of financial responsibility.

Reporting obligations, tax filings and business decisions rarely arrive separately. Our services are structured so they can be handled together, with scope confirmed for each engagement.

Service index

Select a service to see what an engagement may involve.

Financial statements and year-end reporting prepared so that owners, boards and lenders can rely on the numbers in front of them.

  • Preparation of year-end financial statements under the applicable Canadian reporting framework
  • Working paper preparation and adjusting entries
  • Review of accounting records and reconciliations

The reporting framework and level of work performed depend on the engagement and on applicable professional standards.

View service detailsfor Accounting and Financial Reporting

In detail

What each service covers.

A short summary of each service and the circumstances in which it is generally appropriate. Complete details are on the individual service pages.

Year-end reporting is often the point at which an organization sees its full financial position clearly. Our work is to prepare that information carefully, explain what it shows, and identify the questions it raises for the year ahead.

The reporting framework and level of work performed depend on the engagement and on applicable professional standards.

View service detailsfor Accounting and Financial Reporting

02 — Assurance

Assurance

Some organizations are required — by legislation, funders, members or lenders — to provide financial statements accompanied by assurance. The appropriate engagement depends on who relies on the statements and on what those parties require.

Assurance engagements are accepted only where the firm can meet the independence and professional standards that apply to the engagement.

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03 — Tax

Corporate Tax

Corporate tax is rarely a single annual task. Compensation, reinvestment, ownership and timing decisions all carry tax consequences, and they are easier to weigh when the same firm prepares the reporting and the returns.

Tax outcomes depend on the facts of each situation and on legislation in effect at the time. Planning is discussed in terms of alternatives and their consequences, not guaranteed results.

View service detailsfor Corporate Tax

04 — Tax

Personal Tax

Personal tax filings are often connected to a business, a rental property, an investment portfolio or a family transition. We prepare returns with that wider picture in view and raise matters worth discussing before the next year begins.

The scope of each return, including any review of prior years, is confirmed during the initial discussion.

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Timely records make every later decision easier — from a lending conversation to a year-end filing. Depending on the engagement, we can maintain the records, support an internal bookkeeper, or bring records up to date before other work proceeds.

Software and platform choices are discussed based on the organization's requirements; the firm does not claim a partnership with any provider.

View service detailsfor Bookkeeping and Cloud Accounting

06 — Advisory

Business Advisory

Advisory work begins with the decision in front of the organization. We assemble the relevant financial information, set out the alternatives and their implications, and stay available as circumstances change.

Advisory work is scoped for each engagement. Ongoing advisory support is provided where it forms part of the agreed engagement.

View service detailsfor Business Advisory

Transitions take time to plan well. Whether the change involves a sale, a family transfer or an estate, our role is to set out the financial and tax consequences of the alternatives and to work alongside the other professional advisers involved.

Planning of this kind depends on legislation in effect at the time and on the involvement of legal counsel. Alternatives are presented with their consequences rather than as assured outcomes.

View service detailsfor Succession and Estate Planning

Recurring filings are straightforward until something changes — a new employee category, a missed remittance, a review letter. Support here is about keeping the routine reliable and handling the exceptions properly.

Responsibility for remittance deadlines remains with the organization unless the engagement expressly provides otherwise.

View service detailsfor Payroll and Compliance Support

Engagements

How an engagement is structured.

01

Initial discussion

We review what you need, what records exist and which reporting obligations apply to your organization.

02

Confirmed scope

The work to be performed, the responsibilities of each party and the fee arrangement are set out before work begins.

03

The work itself

Work proceeds in accordance with applicable professional standards, with questions raised as they arise rather than at the end.

04

Results and what follows

Findings are discussed in plain terms, along with any matters worth addressing before the next reporting period.

Questions

About engagements.

Scope is confirmed in writing before work begins, based on the reporting obligations that apply, what records already exist, and the decisions the organization is facing.

Descriptions on this page are general. The services performed, the reporting framework applied and the level of assurance provided depend on the engagement and on applicable professional standards.

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