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What will EverStone cost you?

Reviewed by EverStone CPA · August 2026

Answer five questions and see the monthly range your situation falls into, built from our published fixed fees. No email required.

An estimate from our published fees — not a quote. Your actual fixed fee is confirmed in writing after a free consultation, before any work starts, and it does not change afterwards without you agreeing to it.

How this estimate is built

There is no secret formula here, and nothing is averaged from other firms. The estimate starts at our published floor of $300 a month for monthly bookkeeping and adds for the things that genuinely take more time: transaction volume, payroll runs, and sales-tax filings. The typical incorporated client — monthly books, payroll, year-end T2 with financial statements and T5018s — lands at $450 to $650 a month, all in, and that published figure is what the ranges here are anchored to.

Personal tax is priced separately and starts at $100 for a T1 return. A self-employed return with business or rental schedules is commonly $250 to $450. Fractional CFO work starts at $2,500 a month and is scoped to the hours you need.

Corporate tax on its own — a T2 without monthly bookkeeping — is quoted after a free consultation rather than estimated here, because the fee depends almost entirely on the state of the records we start from. That is an honest limit of a calculator, not a sales tactic.

Already with an accountant and wondering whether you are paying too much? A second opinion is free, and switching is less disruptive than most owners expect.

What is always included

  • A fixed fee agreed in writing before any work begins, so the invoice matches the quote.
  • One named CPA on your file — you are not handed to junior staff between filings.
  • Year-round questions answered, not billed by the six-minute unit.
  • Everything handled remotely: video or phone meetings, secure document exchange, e-signature. There is no office visit at any stage.

Common questions about our fees

Is this the price I will actually pay?+
It is an estimate built from our published fee floors, not a quote. After a free consultation we confirm a fixed fee in writing, and that figure does not change unless the scope changes and you agree to it first. Most clients land inside the range shown here; the ones who do not are usually catching up on records from previous years, which is quoted separately.
Why is corporate tax not estimated here?+
Because the fee for a T2 on its own depends almost entirely on the condition of the records it is prepared from, and a calculator cannot see those. Where we also keep the monthly books, the year-end T2 and financial statements are included in the monthly figure, which is why the bundled range is the more useful number for most incorporated owners.
What if my books are behind?+
Catch-up work is quoted separately from ongoing monthly fees, because it is a one-time job sized by how many months are outstanding and how complete the records are. It does not change your ongoing monthly fee once you are current. Being behind is common and it is not a reason to delay the conversation.
Do you charge for questions during the year?+
No. Year-round questions are part of the fixed fee. Being billed for a phone call is the thing owners most often say pushed them away from a previous firm, and it also produces worse advice, because people stop asking until a problem is expensive.
Are there setup or software fees on top?+
Your QuickBooks Online or Xero subscription is billed to you by the software provider directly and is not part of our fee. There is no separate onboarding charge from us. Anything that would sit outside the fixed fee is identified in the written quote before you agree to it.

Get the real number

A free consultation ends with a fixed fee in writing — no obligation, and no charge for the conversation.

Book a free consultation Call (604) 832-1743

Catch-up work is quoted separately from the monthly figures above — how catch-up bookkeeping works explains why it cannot be estimated in advance.