Online Accountant for North Vancouver Businesses
EverStone CPA is a British Columbia accounting firm serving businesses across the North Shore remotely — corporate tax, bookkeeping, payroll and plain advice from a Chartered Professional Accountant, at a fixed fee agreed before any work begins. Owners in Lonsdale, Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, Capilano and West Vancouver are served the same way.
Who we help here: Renovation and trades companies working on steep lots, consultants who bill clients across the inlet, realtors and their personal real estate corporations, restaurants and taprooms, and software founders.
Quick answer: North Vancouver owners do not need an accountant on the North Shore; they need one who replies and knows BC’s rules. EverStone works with North Vancouver and West Vancouver businesses entirely online from Abbotsford: T2 and T1 returns, bookkeeping, payroll, GST and PST, at fixed fees set in writing first. Personal tax returns start from $100 and monthly bookkeeping from $300 a month.
A North Vancouver file usually covers the T2, or the T1 with a T2125, plus GST returns and input tax credits and BC PST where it applies. Payroll adds CPP and EI premiums and T4 slips, and the year-end adds the CCA schedule and the small business deduction.
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A BC CPA who works with the North Shore remotely
EverStone is a one-CPA firm based in Abbotsford. PST, GST, WorkSafeBC and BC’s Employer Health Tax are rules applied every week, not looked up. None of it needs a meeting room. The file runs the same way whether you work from a spare room in Edgemont, a shop on Lonsdale or a truck parked on a Lynn Valley job site.
You deal with one Chartered Professional Accountant through the year, not a rotating team. Questions go by email, meetings run by video when they help, documents arrive through a secure upload link, and the fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.
Email or bookWhat North Shore owners get
- Corporate tax (T2) & year-end statements
- Personal tax (T1) for owners & families
- Monthly bookkeeping & payroll
- GST and BC PST filed separately
- T5018 slips & subtrade tracking
- 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 T2 corporate return, with financial statement schedules |
| A landlord with a suite | A T1 with form T776 for the rental income |
| Employed with a side business | A T1 that reports both the T4 income and the T2125 business |
| Sales tax where you operate | 5% GST plus 7% BC PST: two registrations, two returns |
Source: Should you incorporate? General information, not advice.
The North Shore economy we work in
North Vancouver sits between Burrard Inlet and the mountains, and its businesses reflect both. The old shipyard waterfront at the foot of Lonsdale is now a mix of homes, restaurants and public space, while working marine and industrial sites remain along the shore. Behind the town, Lynn Canyon, the Seymour trails and the slopes above Capilano feed a busy outdoor economy of guides, bike shops, rentals and the cafés that serve them. Deep Cove adds paddling and a summer crowd.
Two municipalities share the name. The City of North Vancouver covers the central Lonsdale area; the District of North Vancouver wraps around it from Deep Cove to Capilano. West Vancouver is a separate municipality again. Each sets its own business licences and property taxes, which matters to a contractor working across all three.
Much of the North Shore’s housing is older detached homes on sloping lots, plus strata towers around Lonsdale. That keeps renovation trades, realtors and landlords with suites busy, and it shapes the tax questions they bring.
North Vancouver industries we work with most
Five groups make up most of the North Shore work, and each has its own page. Trades and renovation companies deal with deposits, change orders, PST on installed materials and T5018 slips. Independent consultants weigh incorporation and the personal services business rules. Realtors plan around uneven commission and personal real estate corporations. Restaurants, cafés and taprooms handle tips, PST on liquor and a seasonal year. Tech startups claim SR&ED and charge PST on software.
Accounting and tax services for North Vancouver businesses
Every service is delivered remotely and priced in writing before it starts:
- Bookkeeping in North Vancouver: monthly reconciliation, seasonal revenue and GST and PST kept apart, from $300 a month with both returns included.
- Payroll in North Vancouver: seasonal hires, tips, final pay within 48 hours, WorkSafeBC and T4 slips.
- Corporate tax in North Vancouver: the T2, the $500,000 business limit, holding companies and passive income.
- Personal tax in North Vancouver: suite income, dividends, self-employment and instalments, from $100 for a personal return.
- Fractional CFO support: forecasting and lender conversations, from $2,500 a month.
BC’s two sales taxes, North Shore style
BC charges 5% GST and 7% PST as two separate taxes with two registrations and two returns. GST is broad and usually recoverable through input tax credits. PST is narrower, and PST paid on business purchases is generally a cost. The North Shore meets PST in particular places: rentals of bikes, kayaks and ski gear, materials a contractor installs into a house, liquor poured in a taproom, and software sold to BC customers.
The common problem is being fully compliant on GST while quietly unregistered for PST. A rental shop that started with repairs only, or a contractor who began selling materials on their own, can owe PST it never collected. Reviewing what you actually sell against the PST rules once a year is cheap; an assessment covering several years is not. The BC PST guide and the BC tax facts page carry the details.
What a North Vancouver client’s year looks like
Many owner-managed companies have a December year-end. That puts the T2 due at the end of June and the balance owing at the end of February or March, depending on whether the company meets the conditions for the later date. Personal returns follow on April 30, or June 15 for the self-employed, with the balance still due April 30. T4, T4A and T5 slips go out by the last day of February. GST returns land annually, quarterly or monthly depending on revenue.
The work is spread on purpose: books kept current, a planning conversation before the year-end while decisions can still change the result, then the returns as confirmation. Free deadline reminders keep the dates in front of you.
Getting set up, without crossing a bridge
The whole engagement runs online, from the first email to the filed return.
Send an enquiry
Email what the business does and what is outstanding. A fixed quote comes back in writing.
Authorize and upload
Authorize EverStone in My Business Account and send records through a secure upload link.
Stay current all year
Books, GST, PST and payroll stay on schedule, and questions get answered by email between filings.
Common questions from North Vancouver owners
Do I need an accountant based in North Vancouver?+
How much does an accountant cost in North Vancouver?+
I work in both the City and the District. Does that change my taxes?+
Do you work with West Vancouver businesses too?+
How do we exchange documents?+
Is PST handled as part of the engagement?+
Related services and local guides
Nearby cities, the rest of what we do for North Vancouver businesses, and the reference pages behind this one.
Ready to get your North Shore books and taxes sorted?
Get GST, BC PST, payroll and the year-end handled by one CPA who tracks them against how your business actually runs. Email enquiry, fixed quote, no trip across the bridge.
Remote accounting from Abbotsford
EverStone works with North Vancouver businesses remotely, from a base in Abbotsford. There is no North Shore location and nobody on the ground there. Questions go by email, meetings happen by video, and paperwork moves by secure upload link and e-signature. The person who answers your question in March is the one who prepared the return in June.
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One Chartered Professional Accountant, start to finish. Fixed fees, quoted in writing before any work begins, and no obligation from a first conversation.