Accountant for Chestermere trades, professionals and home-based businesses
EverStone CPA works with Chestermere businesses entirely online: corporate tax, the Alberta AT1, bookkeeping, payroll and GST from one Chartered Professional Accountant, at a fixed fee agreed before any work begins. Owners in Langdon, east Calgary and the rest of Rocky View County are served the same way.
Who we help here: renovators, electricians and plumbers, incorporated consultants and health professionals, and home-based businesses.
Quick answer: A Chestermere business charges 5% GST and no provincial sales tax, pays no provincial payroll tax, and once incorporated files both the federal T2 and the Alberta AT1. EverStone handles it all remotely, at a fixed fee: from $125 for a personal return and $325 a month for bookkeeping.
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On this page
- An Alberta CPA who works entirely online
- Which return applies to you
- What Alberta means for a Chestermere business
- Accounting and tax services for Chestermere businesses
- Built for trades, professionals and home-based businesses
- Trades: job costing, T5018 slips and WCB-Alberta
- Home-based businesses and the move to a corporation
- Payroll for a small crew or practice
- Paying yourself and planning the year end
- Getting set up, without a drive
- Remote accounting
- Common questions from Chestermere owners
An Alberta CPA who works entirely online
Chestermere sits on Calgary’s eastern edge, built around Chestermere Lake and surrounded by Rocky View County. It is mostly residential, so many owners work from home or in Calgary.
You work with one Chartered Professional Accountant who knows your numbers year-round, by email, video and secure upload.
Get My Fixed QuoteWhat Chestermere owners get
- Corporate tax: the T2 and Alberta AT1 together
- Personal tax (T1) for owners & families
- Monthly bookkeeping & payroll
- GST filed — no PST return required
- Home-office and vehicle records set up properly
- Fixed fees, confirmed up front
Which return applies to you
| If you are | You file |
|---|---|
| A sole proprietor | A T1 personal return with form T2125 for the business |
| An incorporated business | A federal T2 with the CRA and an Alberta AT1 with Tax and Revenue Administration |
| A partnership | A T5013 partnership return where required, plus each partner’s own return |
| Employed in Calgary with a side business at home | A T1 that reports both the T4 income and the T2125 business |
| Sales tax where you operate | 5% GST only. Alberta levies no provincial sales tax |
Source: Alberta tax facts. General information, not advice.
What Alberta means for a Chestermere business
Lighter than BC or Ontario, with one return owners often miss.
No provincial sales tax
Alberta charges no PST at all, so a Chestermere business selling within the province charges only the 5% federal GST: one registration, one return.
Corporate rates
Active business income eligible for the small business deduction is taxed at 11% combined (9% federal plus 2% Alberta) on a $500,000 limit. Above it the combined rate is 23%, built on Alberta’s 8% general rate.
But two corporate returns
Alberta collects its own corporate income tax. A Chestermere corporation files the AT1 with Alberta Tax and Revenue Administration as well as the T2 with the CRA.
Accounting and tax services for Chestermere businesses
Everything an owner-managed Chestermere business needs, delivered online.
Corporate Tax (T2 and AT1)
Both corporate returns from one closed year end, with CCA and instalments worked through.
Personal Tax (T1)
Owner and family returns, T2125 schedules and RRSP planning.
Bookkeeping
Monthly reconciled books in cloud software you hold the login to.
Payroll
Pay runs, source deductions, WCB-Alberta reporting, records of employment and T4 slips for Chestermere employers.
GST Filing
GST filed on your assigned period, with input tax credits backed by invoices.
Fractional CFO
Forecasting and financing support from $2,750 a month.
Built for trades, professionals and home-based businesses
Chestermere grew as a residential city beside Calgary. Builders and service trades follow the new housing; consultants and health professionals work from home offices or serve Calgary clients.
Few of these files look like a storefront. The books follow how the money moves: progress draws for trades, retainers for professionals, and household and business costs at one address.
Get My Fixed QuoteServing Chestermere, entirely online
Email first, video meetings when they help, a secure upload link for documents and e-signature for returns.
Trades: job costing, T5018 slips and WCB-Alberta
Framers, electricians, plumbers, HVAC crews and landscapers make up the largest group of Chestermere files. Where construction is the main activity, payments to subcontractors go on T5018 slips. WCB-Alberta coverage has to be in place before crews start. Trucks and tools belong in the right capital cost allowance class.
Job costing shows each project’s margin, and GST is charged on progress billings as issued. Our contractor accounting page covers the detail.
Home-based businesses and the move to a corporation
A commuter city produces many kitchen-table businesses: a consultant, a designer, an online seller with stock in the basement. Most start as a T2125 on the owner’s return. When the business must register for GST, hire or incorporate, gaps in the records show up at once. The fix: separate bank and card accounts, receipts captured when paid, and a vehicle log kept the same week.
A home-office claim rests on the share of the house genuinely used for the business. Our home office for a corporation guide and when incorporating starts to pay page set out the tests.
Payroll for a small crew or practice
Alberta has no provincial payroll tax. Payroll for a Chestermere crew or clinic means federal source deductions, CPP and EI, WCB-Alberta reporting and Alberta general holiday pay. We run the pay, remit on the CRA schedule, and file T4 slips by the end of February.
Paying yourself and planning the year end
Incorporated owners face one question each year: salary, dividends or a mix. Salary builds RRSP room; dividends skip payroll. We model both with the salary vs dividends calculator.
A one-person consultancy with a single employer-like client can be a personal services business and lose the small business deduction. We check the contract terms first; see incorporated professionals.
Planning happens before year end: bonuses, equipment purchases, and instalments, which run to Alberta as well as the CRA. The T2 is due within six months of year end. For a Canadian-controlled private corporation claiming the small business deduction, the balance is generally due within three months. See the deadline calendar, or catch-up bookkeeping for late books.
Getting set up, without a drive
The whole engagement runs online, from the first email to the signed return.
Send an enquiry
Describe the business. You get a fixed, written quote first.
Authorize and upload
You authorize CRA and Alberta account access, then share prior returns by secure upload.
Stay current all year
Books, GST, payroll and both corporate returns stay on schedule, with email questions at no extra charge.
Remote accounting
EverStone works with Chestermere businesses virtually. There is no Chestermere office, and nobody on the ground there. Questions are answered by email, meetings run by video, and paperwork moves through secure upload and e-signature. For the provincial picture, see accounting in Alberta.
Common questions from Chestermere owners
How much does an accountant cost in Chestermere?+
Does my Chestermere corporation file a separate Alberta return?+
I run my business from home in Chestermere. What should I keep?+
Do I charge PST on sales from Chestermere?+
Do you work with businesses outside Chestermere itself?+
Related services and local guides
Nearby cities, the rest of what we do for Chestermere businesses, and the reference pages behind this one.
Starting fees
Every fee is fixed in writing before any work begins.
- Monthly bookkeeping, GST filing includedfrom $325 a month
- Payroll, remittances, T4s and ROEsincluded in monthly bookkeeping
- Books, payroll and the year-end T2 together$500–$700 a month
- Corporate year-end and T2 returnfixed fee, quoted in writing
- Personal tax return (T1)from $125; self-employed or rental $275–$500
- Catch-up bookkeepingfrom $2,200 per year of records
- Controller or CFO supportcontroller from $1,650, CFO from $2,750 a month
- One-off advice call with a CPA$225 plus GST