A fixed-fee CPA for Richmond businesses
EverStone CPA is a British Columbia accounting firm, based in Abbotsford, serving Richmond businesses remotely — from City Centre and Ironwood to Steveston, East Richmond and Sea Island. Corporate tax, bookkeeping, payroll and personal returns are handled by one Chartered Professional Accountant, by email, video meeting and a secure upload link, at a fee fixed in writing before any work begins.
Who we help here: Trucking and logistics firms working around the airport and the river, restaurants and food businesses, retailers and importers, realtors working through a personal real estate corporation, and the farms of East Richmond.
Quick answer: A Richmond business answers to the same BC rules EverStone works with every day: 5% GST and 7% PST on separate registrations, WorkSafeBC, the BC employer health tax once payroll is large enough, and a provincial annual report. EverStone serves Richmond entirely remotely from Abbotsford. Published fees start at $100 for a personal tax return and $300 a month for bookkeeping.
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A BC firm, serving Richmond remotely
EverStone is in Abbotsford, an hour up the valley, and its work is BC work: PST returns, WorkSafeBC remittances, the employer health tax and the provincial registry. A Richmond company is not an unfamiliar file here. What it does not get is a Richmond office, because there is none. The work runs remotely, which suits a city where crossing a bridge at the wrong hour costs most of a morning.
Every file is handled by one Chartered Professional Accountant who knows the numbers year-round, not a rotating team. Questions go by email first, with a video meeting when it helps. Documents come in through a secure upload link, returns are approved by e-signature, and the fee is fixed and confirmed before any work starts.
Email or bookWhat Richmond businesses get
- Corporate tax (T2) & year-end statements
- Personal tax (T1) for owners & families
- Monthly bookkeeping & payroll
- GST and BC PST filed separately
- 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 rental unit | 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.
Why BC’s two sales taxes need closer tracking
GST and PST are charged, registered and filed separately in BC, and the rules for each do not line up.
Two separate taxes
BC charges 5% GST and 7% PST as two distinct taxes. GST is filed with the CRA and PST with the BC Ministry of Finance, each with its own registration and return. A Richmond shop or restaurant can be fully compliant on one and quietly behind on the other.
Credits on one, cost on the other
GST paid on business inputs usually comes back as an input tax credit. PST paid on equipment, fixtures and supplies generally does not, so it stays in the cost of the asset or the expense.
Corporate rate
BC taxes active small business income at 2% provincially, 11% combined with the federal rate, on a $500,000 business limit shared by associated corporations. The figures are on the BC tax facts page.
Accounting and tax services for Richmond businesses
Each service has its own Richmond page with the detail.
Corporate tax (T2)
T2 returns and year-end statements for Richmond corporations, including family groups that share one small business limit and companies that own their premises separately. A T2 on its own is quoted after a free consultation.
Personal tax (T1)
Personal tax returns from $100, with foreign income and T1135 reporting, rental condos on a T776 and side businesses on a T2125 handled on the same file.
Bookkeeping
Monthly bookkeeping from $300 a month, GST and PST filing included, with landed cost on imported stock and card, cash and app sales reconciled.
Payroll
Pay runs with CPP, EI premiums and income tax, shift and overtime pay, tips, stat holiday and vacation pay, WorkSafeBC reporting and T4 slips.
Richmond’s industries, and what each needs from the books
Richmond’s economy is shaped by its geography. The airport on Sea Island and the industrial land along the Fraser draw freight and distribution. City Centre along No. 3 Road is a regional destination for dining and shopping. Steveston keeps a working fishing harbour beside its waterfront shops. East Richmond is farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve. Five kinds of business follow from that, and each has a page of its own.
Trucking and logistics. Short-haul carriers and owner-operators deal with CCA on tractors and trailers, input tax credits on fuel, freight that is sometimes zero-rated, and the line between an owner-operator and an employee. See trucking accounting in Richmond.
Restaurants and hospitality. GST on the meal, PST on the liquor, card tips through payroll and a nightly close against the till. See restaurant accounting in Richmond.
Retailers. Landed cost on imported stock, border GST recovered as a credit, PST exemptions that differ from GST, and a year-end count that sets the tax. See retail accounting in Richmond.
Realtors. Commission income that arrives on completion, presales that complete years later, the personal real estate corporation decision and GST on commissions. See realtor accounting in Richmond.
Farms. The cash method, zero-rated crops, CCA on bogs and harvest equipment, seasonal crews and the transfer of ALR land to the next generation. See farm accounting in Richmond.
What a Richmond client’s year looks like
Most incorporated clients have a fiscal year-end chosen to fall after their busy season, which puts the T2 six months later and the balance owing two or three months after year-end. The work is spread deliberately. Bookkeeping is kept current monthly, a planning conversation happens before year-end while salary, dividends and purchases can still change the result, and the return confirms what was already known. GST and PST returns land on their own periods in between, and T4 slips are filed by the last day of February.
For owners, the personal side follows. A T1 is due April 30, or June 15 for the self-employed with the balance still due April 30. Instalments arrive once tax owing passes $3,000. The deadline reminders keep the dates in front of you.
Common questions from Richmond owners
How much does an accountant cost in Richmond?+
Do I need to meet my accountant in person if I’m based in Richmond?+
How do we exchange documents securely?+
Do you understand British Columbia tax rules?+
Can you take over from my current accountant?+
Do you work with businesses outside Richmond itself?+
Related services and local guides
Nearby cities, the rest of what we do for Richmond businesses, and the reference pages behind this one.
Ready to get your GST and PST filings sorted?
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Remote accounting from Abbotsford
EverStone works with Richmond businesses virtually, from a base in Abbotsford. There is no Richmond office, and nobody on the ground there. Questions go by email first, with a video meeting when it helps, and paperwork moves through a secure upload link and e-signature. The person who answers your question in March is the one who prepared the return in June, which is the part a larger office structure tends to lose. For the provincial picture, see accounting across British Columbia.
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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.