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title: "Small Business Accountant Guelph | Flat Monthly Fee CPA"
url: https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-guelph
description: "Small business accountant for Guelph manufacturers, agri-food firms and trades: T2, bookkeeping and HST handled online for a flat fee. Get a fixed quote."
updated: 2026-10-16
publisher: EverStone CPA Inc. (Chartered Professional Accountant firm, Abbotsford, BC)
service_area: British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba
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Guelph, ON · CPA for Manufacturers, Agri-Food Firms & Trades

# A Fixed-Fee Small Business Accountant for *Guelph* Manufacturers, Agri-Food Firms & Trades

EverStone CPA is a Canadian accounting firm working with owner-managed companies in Guelph and the surrounding Wellington County — corporate tax, bookkeeping, HST and plain-English advice, delivered by video, phone and secure email, at a fixed fee agreed before we start. Businesses in Fergus, Elora and Puslinch are served the same way.

**Who we help here:** Owner-run manufacturers and machine shops, food and agri-innovation companies, contractors and trades, consultants and technology firms, and farm families in the county who have incorporated or are thinking about it. Most want one CPA who can explain what the small business rate is protecting and what the next decision will cost.

[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)
[Ask a Free Question](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question)

Nearby, EverStone also serves [businesses in Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-kitchener-waterloo), [Hamilton](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-hamilton) and [Toronto](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-toronto).

**Quick answer:** EverStone works with incorporated Guelph businesses entirely online: corporate tax (T2), HST, bookkeeping, payroll and salary-versus-dividend planning, at a fixed fee quoted up front rather than an hourly meter. There is no Guelph office, and none is needed for any of it. For a Guelph business, published fees start at $100 for a personal return and $300 a month for bookkeeping.

Guelph industries we work with most: [construction and trades](https://www.everstonecpa.com/trades-accountant-guelph), [agencies and studios](https://www.everstonecpa.com/agency-accountant-guelph) and owner-run manufacturers, whose year-end is covered on the [Guelph financial statements](https://www.everstonecpa.com/financial-statements-guelph) page.

For a one-owner Guelph corporation, our accounting fees for monthly bookkeeping, payroll and the year-end T2 with statements usually run from $450 to $650 a month all-in.

Updated October 2026 .

Farms and agri-food businesses carry rules no other sector does; the [agriculture accounting overview](https://www.everstonecpa.com/agriculture-accounting-canada) gathers them in one place.

Why EverStone

## CPA-level rigour, sized for an owner-run Guelph business

Guelph is a city where a lot of the private economy is made up of companies with one or two owners and a handful to a few dozen staff: a machining or fabrication shop supplying larger manufacturers, a food business that grew out of a research idea, a renovation contractor, a consultancy. Those owners tend to fall between two kinds of accountant. One is a large firm whose fees assume a much bigger client. The other is a seasonal preparer who files the return but never looks at the decisions behind it.

We sit between those. Every Guelph client has one Chartered Professional Accountant who reviews the file personally, year-round, never a junior learning on your return. Meetings happen by video or phone, documents move by secure upload and e-signature, and the fee is fixed and confirmed in writing before any work begins.

[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)

### What Guelph clients get

One CPA for tax, books & advice

- Corporate tax (T2) & year-end statements

- Personal tax (T1) for owners & families

- Monthly bookkeeping & payroll

- Ontario HST filed & reconciled

- Salary-vs-dividend planning

- Fixed fees, confirmed in writing

## Which return applies to you

Which return applies to you
The structure you trade under decides the return — for a business operating in Guelph, Ontario

| If you are | You file |

| A sole proprietor | A T1 personal return with form T2125 for the business |

| A farmer operating unincorporated | A T1 with the farming income statement (T2042) instead of the T2125 |

| An incorporated business | A T2 corporate return, with financial statement schedules |

| A partnership | A T5013 partnership return where required, plus each partner’s own return |

| Employed with a side business | A T1 that reports both the T4 income and the T2125 business |

| Sales tax where you operate | 13% HST, a single registration and a single return |

Source: [When incorporating starts to pay](https://www.everstonecpa.com/incorporation-advice). General information, not advice.

Ontario tax, from a Guelph perspective

## What Ontario’s rules change for a Guelph company

One combined sales tax, a corporate rate that recently fell, and a payroll tax that arrives as a company grows.

### One sales tax, not two

Ontario charges a single **13% HST** rather than separate federal and provincial sales taxes. For a Guelph manufacturer or contractor that means one registration, one return and one set of input tax credits, and the provincial part of the tax paid on materials and equipment comes back the same way the federal part does. Exporters and farm producers often make zero-rated sales and sit in a refund position, which makes clean books matter more.

### Corporate tax rate

Ontario taxes active small-business income at 2.2% provincially for days after 30 June 2026 (3.2% before that date, prorated across a straddling year), on top of the 9% federal small-business rate, on a $500,000 business limit. Profit above the limit, or income that is not active business income, is taxed at the 26.5% combined general rate. Planning owner pay and equipment purchases around that line is where most of the savings sit.

### Employer Health Tax

Once a Guelph employer’s annual Ontario payroll passes the $1,000,000 exemption, Employer Health Tax applies on top of [CPP and EI](https://www.everstonecpa.com/tax-update/cpp-base-rate-reduction). Manufacturers adding a second shift, or a group with an operating company and a sister company, can cross that line without noticing; associated employers share one exemption. We track it so it is never a year-end surprise.

Services

## Accounting & tax services for Guelph businesses

Everything an incorporated Guelph business needs, under one roof — delivered online.

### [Corporate Tax (T2)](https://www.everstonecpa.com/corporate-tax-accountant-guelph)

[T2 corporate returns](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/corporations/corporation-income-tax-return.html) and year-end statements for Guelph manufacturers, contractors and professional firms, with Ontario HST, capital cost allowance on equipment and CRA correspondence handled as part of the file.

### [Personal Tax (T1)](https://www.everstonecpa.com/personal-tax-accountant-guelph)

Personal and self-employed T1 returns for Guelph owners and farm families, built around a salary-and-dividend mix that suits the Ontario surtax and health premium rather than fighting them.

### [Bookkeeping](https://www.everstonecpa.com/bookkeeping-guelph) & [Payroll](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-guelph)

Cloud bookkeeping and payroll for Guelph companies, kept current monthly so the numbers are ready when a lender, a buyer or a CRA review asks for them.

### [GST/HST](https://www.everstonecpa.com/gst-hst-filing-guelph)

Ontario’s 13% HST registered, filed and reconciled against your books each period, with input tax credits on materials and equipment claimed in full and zero-rated sales coded correctly.

### [Business Advisory](https://www.everstonecpa.com/advisory-services)

Straight advice on pricing, equipment purchases, structure and owner pay for Guelph owners, from a CPA who reads the job-cost report as well as the tax return.

### [Fractional CFO](https://www.everstonecpa.com/cfo-services-guelph)

Part-time CFO support for Guelph companies that have outgrown a bookkeeper — margin by product, cash forecasting and the reporting a lender accepts.

Guelph’s economy

## Built around how Guelph companies actually make money

The City of Guelph names advanced manufacturing, agri-innovation and life sciences as its industry clusters, with cleantech and information and communications technology among its priority sectors. Around that sits a large public sector, including schools, hospitals and the University of Guelph. In practice that produces a particular mix of private clients: suppliers and job shops making parts for bigger manufacturers, food and agricultural technology companies, engineering and technical consultancies, and the trades that build and maintain all of it.

Each of those raises its own accounting questions. A manufacturer carries inventory and work in progress that has to be counted and valued at year-end. A research-driven company may be spending on development work that qualifies for scientific research and experimental development credits, but only if the records were kept while the work happened. A consultant whose main client is a single institution has to keep an eye on the [personal services business](https://www.everstonecpa.com/glossary#psb) rules. We handle the T2, HST, payroll and statements, and the [retained-earnings](https://www.everstonecpa.com/glossary#retained) and owner-pay decisions that decide how much of the profit reaches the owner.

[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)

### Working with Guelph, and the county around it

&#128421;&#65039; Entirely online — video calls, e-signature and secure email.

We work with incorporated businesses throughout Guelph and Wellington County, including Fergus, Elora and Puslinch.

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The issue we see most often

## When equipment, inventory and the business limit meet at year-end

Many Guelph owners incorporate for the same reason everyone does: the combined federal-and-Ontario small-business rate on [active business income](https://www.everstonecpa.com/glossary#abi) is far lower than personal rates on the same dollars. For a manufacturer or a contractor, though, the year-end decision is rarely just salary versus dividend. It is tangled up with when a new machine goes into service, how the inventory on the floor is valued, and whether the year’s profit is about to push past the $500,000 business limit.

Equipment is recovered through [capital cost allowance](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/capital-cost-allowance-cca-classes-canada) by class, and the timing of when an asset is available for use decides which year gets the deduction. Inventory and work in progress are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value, so an obsolete-parts review at year-end is a tax question as much as a bookkeeping one. And where an owner holds more than one company, or a spouse owns a related company, the [associated corporation](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/associated-corporations-small-business-deduction) rules can force the companies to share one business limit.

None of that is unique to Guelph, but it lands harder on exactly the kind of business the city has a lot of: profitable, capital-intensive and owner-run. We look at the position before the year closes, while the purchase date, the inventory count and the owner’s pay can still be adjusted, rather than reporting on it afterwards.

How it works

## Getting started, from anywhere in Guelph

Onboarding, done entirely online from Guelph or anywhere in Wellington County.

1

### Send an enquiry

A short email or video call about your company, what has been filed and what is late. You get a fixed quote in writing, with no obligation.

2

### Send your records securely

Upload your books, prior T2s and HST filings through a secure link; we reconcile them and catch up any backlog, oldest year first.

3

### Stay compliant all year

We file on time, watch your HST and [instalment](https://www.everstonecpa.com/glossary) thresholds, and raise equipment and owner-pay decisions before the year-end.

How it works remotely

## Working with a virtual small business accountant in Guelph

Working with a CPA who is not down the street changes nothing about what gets filed. Corporate tax, GST/HST and payroll are federal systems, and Ontario’s corporate tax is administered together with the federal return, so a single T2 covers both. What does change is how the year runs.

Onboarding happens over one call and a secure document upload rather than an afternoon in a waiting room. Questions in June are answered by the same person who prepared the return in March. For a Guelph manufacturer or contractor the recurring work is usually HST on materials and equipment, instalments once the first profitable year lands, CCA on new equipment and the year-end inventory count.

Province-wide detail sits on the [Ontario small business](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ontario) page, and current rates are on [Ontario tax facts](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts).

Run the numbers for your Guelph business

[salary vs dividends calculator](https://www.everstonecpa.com/salary-vs-dividends-calculator) · [work out your T2 filing date](https://www.everstonecpa.com/t2-deadline-calculator) · [corporate instalment calculator](https://www.everstonecpa.com/tax-instalment-calculator) · [Work out whether to incorporate](https://www.everstonecpa.com/incorporation-calculator)

Also serving business owners in [Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-kitchener-waterloo) and [Toronto](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-toronto).

Free tools for Guelph owners: [free CRA deadline reminders](https://www.everstonecpa.com/deadline-reminders).

Common questions

## Questions from Guelph business owners

**How much does an accountant cost in Guelph?**

Fixed fees, quoted up front after we review your enquiry, with no hourly surprises. Published fees start at $100 for a personal return and $300 a month for bookkeeping; a one-owner Guelph corporation with bookkeeping, payroll and the year-end T2 usually runs $450 to $650 a month. [Published fees](https://www.everstonecpa.com/pricing) show where each service starts.

**Can an accountant outside Guelph file my corporate taxes?**

Yes, and nothing about the filing changes. These are federal returns administered by the CRA, and Ontario’s corporate tax is collected alongside them, so a single T2 covers federal and provincial together.

**How do we exchange documents securely?**

By secure upload link rather than dropping off a box of paper. You send statements, invoices and inventory counts when it suits you, we reconcile from those, and approvals happen by e-signature. Companies already using cloud accounting software usually give us access to their ledger instead, which removes duplicate data entry.

**Do you understand Ontario tax rules?**

Yes, including HST on sales to customers in other provinces and exports, Employer Health Tax, WSIB and the Ontario Business Registry annual return. Ontario corporate tax is administered with the federal return, so one T2 covers both and there is no separate provincial income tax filing.

**Does my Guelph business lose anything by using a remote CPA?**

No. Corporate tax (T2), HST and CRA correspondence are handled the same way wherever your accountant’s desk sits. Guelph work runs entirely by video, phone and secure email, without an office lease built into the fee. [Ask about your case →](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question)

**Do you work with Guelph manufacturers and machine shops?**

Yes. Inventory and work-in-progress valuation, capital cost allowance on equipment, job costing and HST on materials are routine parts of the file. Where a lender wants statements, those are prepared from the same closed books as the T2. The [manufacturer accounting page for Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/manufacturer-accountant-kitchener-waterloo) covers the same issues for the neighbouring region.

**Our company does development work. Can we claim research credits?**

Possibly. Scientific research and experimental development incentives can produce refundable credits for a Canadian-controlled private corporation where the work tackles genuine technological uncertainty. What decides a claim is the record made during the project — what was tried, why the outcome was uncertain and who did the work — so it is worth setting up the time tracking before the year-end rather than after.

**We farm in Wellington County. Should the farm be incorporated?**

Sometimes. It depends on how much profit the farm leaves in the business, how many family members are involved and what the succession plan is, because some farm rollover rules work differently once a corporation holds the land. We model both sides before anything is transferred. The [farm accounting page for Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/farm-accountant-kitchener-waterloo) covers the regional detail.

Also serving:
[Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-kitchener-waterloo)[Hamilton](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-hamilton)[London](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-london-ontario)[Toronto](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-toronto)[Ottawa](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ottawa)

**Doing business across Ontario?**
See how corporate tax and sales tax work province-wide in our [Ontario accounting guide](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ontario) — provincial rates, HST and filing for Ontario businesses.

**Fixed fees**Clear, fixed pricing. You approve the fee before any work begins. No surprise bills.

**One day**We reply to every enquiry within one business day, usually the same day.

**CPA-led**Every file is handled personally by a CPA, never passed to junior staff.

**No obligation**Sending an enquiry is free, with zero pressure and no obligation.

What clients say

## What owners say once the work is done

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## Guelph industries we work with most

The Guelph owners we work with are mostly manufacturers and the job shops that supply them, food and agricultural technology companies, contractors and renovators, and consultants and technology firms billing larger organizations. Out in the county, around Fergus and Elora in Centre Wellington, agriculture and manufacturing are the main sectors and the heritage towns draw visitors, so farm families and tourism businesses sit alongside them. The recurring issues are inventory and equipment at year-end, HST on materials and zero-rated sales, payroll that grows faster than the systems behind it, and single-client contracts that raise [personal services business](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/t4012.html) questions.

Those are file-level problems, not local ones, which is why distance from Guelph changes nothing about how we handle them. Contractors and renovators are a large group of their own. See [accounting for Guelph trades and contractors](https://www.everstonecpa.com/trades-accountant-guelph). Agencies, studios and technology consultancies are another. See [accounting for Guelph agencies and studios](https://www.everstonecpa.com/agency-accountant-guelph).

## How working with a Guelph business actually runs

No part of a Guelph engagement asks you to drive anywhere. The first conversation happens by email, video or phone, records arrive through a secure upload, and returns are approved by e-signature. Questions during the year are covered as well. An email about a new hire, a machine purchase or a customer contract does not start a meter, since the fee was set in writing at the outset. Asking early is the whole idea, because the useful question comes before the decision.

One CPA stays on your file from the first call to the filed return, so whoever prepared it is also who answers your next email. For an owner running a shop floor or a job site all day, that removes both the trip and the second-guessing about whether a question will cost you.

## What a Guelph client’s year looks like

A Guelph client’s year is shaped by their fiscal year-end rather than the calendar. Books stay current month to month; we raise planning decisions — bonus versus dividend, timing an equipment purchase, whether to leave profit in the company — before the year closes, when they can still be acted on. HST returns file on their own cycle, payroll remittances on theirs. The corporate return follows, and the [balance owing](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/corporations/corporation-payments.html) comes due before the filing deadline, which is the detail that most often catches owners out. The Ontario Business Registry annual return is due within six months of the year-end and is diarised on the same calendar.

Owner-managed companies elsewhere in Ontario are served the same way. The provincial overview is at [accounting in Ontario](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ontario).

[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)

For year-end work specifically, [Guelph financial statements](https://www.everstonecpa.com/financial-statements-guelph) covers inventory, work in progress, equipment and lender reporting.

Services in Guelph

[Corporate tax accountant in Guelph](https://www.everstonecpa.com/corporate-tax-accountant-guelph) [Guelph bookkeeping](https://www.everstonecpa.com/bookkeeping-guelph)

Two service pages go deeper for Guelph: [personal tax (T1) for Guelph owners and farm families](https://www.everstonecpa.com/personal-tax-accountant-guelph), and [accounting for Guelph trades and construction businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/trades-accountant-guelph). Both run remotely.

Two filings recur so often for Guelph companies that each has its own page. If you employ anyone, [payroll services in Guelph](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-guelph) covers Ontario employer health tax, WSIB and shift and seasonal staff. If you charge sales tax, [GST/HST filing in Guelph](https://www.everstonecpa.com/gst-hst-filing-guelph) covers the single 13% HST, zero-rated sales and the [Quick Method](https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/publications/rc4022.html) question.

Written for particular industries nearby: [manufacturers in Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/manufacturer-accountant-kitchener-waterloo), [farms in Waterloo Region](https://www.everstonecpa.com/farm-accountant-kitchener-waterloo) and [tech startups in Kitchener-Waterloo](https://www.everstonecpa.com/tech-startup-accountant-kitchener-waterloo).

## Related services and local guides

More of our work for Guelph companies, nearby cities, and the reference material this page draws on.

[Fractional CFO support for Guelph companies Margin by product, thirteen-week cash forecasts, equipment decisions and the reporting a lender accepts, for growing Guelph firms.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/cfo-services-guelph)
[Salary or management fee? Paying yourself a salary or charging a management fee between companies: what each requires, why the CRA challenges fees, and how to document one.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/salary-vs-management-fee)
[Capital cost allowance classes How equipment, vehicles and buildings are written off over time, and which class each asset belongs to.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/capital-cost-allowance-cca-classes-canada)
[Associated corporations and the small business deduction When two companies have to share one $500,000 business limit, and how common ownership triggers it.](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/associated-corporations-small-business-deduction)
[Accounting & CPA services in Kitchener-Waterloo Remote CPA work for Kitchener-Waterloo companies](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-kitchener-waterloo)
[Accounting & CPA services in Hamilton Remote CPA work for Hamilton companies](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-hamilton)
[Accounting & CPA services in Toronto Remote CPA work for Toronto companies](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-toronto)
[Bookkeeping in Guelph Bookkeeping for Guelph businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/bookkeeping-guelph)
[Personal tax (T1) in Guelph Personal tax for Guelph owners](https://www.everstonecpa.com/personal-tax-accountant-guelph)
[Corporate tax (T2) in Guelph Corporate tax for Guelph businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/corporate-tax-accountant-guelph)
[Payroll in Guelph Payroll for Guelph employers](https://www.everstonecpa.com/payroll-services-guelph)
[GST/HST filing in Guelph HST for Guelph businesses](https://www.everstonecpa.com/gst-hst-filing-guelph)
[Financial statements in Guelph Year-end statements for Guelph companies](https://www.everstonecpa.com/financial-statements-guelph)
[Trades accounting in Guelph Contractors, builders and renovators](https://www.everstonecpa.com/trades-accountant-guelph)
[Agency accounting in Guelph Agencies, studios and consultancies](https://www.everstonecpa.com/agency-accountant-guelph)
[Fixed monthly pricing Starting fees for each service, in public](https://www.everstonecpa.com/pricing)
[Get a second opinion A CPA looks over a return you already filed](https://www.everstonecpa.com/second-opinion)
[Accountants across Ontario The provincial overview for Ontario owners](https://www.everstonecpa.com/accountant-ontario)
[Ontario tax facts Ontario rates, each one sourced and dated](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts)

## Ready for a CPA who reads the shop floor as well as the return?

Work with a CPA who understands inventory, equipment, payroll and Ontario HST — without a large-firm retainer. Email enquiry, fixed quote, fully online.

[Get My Fixed Quote](https://www.everstonecpa.com/book-online)[Ask a Free Question](https://www.everstonecpa.com/quick-question)

## Remote accounting

EverStone works online and serves Guelph at a distance. **No office or staff are located in Guelph.** Calls, video and secure document exchange carry the whole engagement, so being nearby never matters. The CPA who answers you in March is the one who prepared your return the year before, a continuity that bigger offices often lose.

## How a remote engagement works in Ontario

Working with a CPA who is not local is ordinary now, and for an Ontario corporation it changes essentially nothing about how the return is prepared or filed.

- **Access through CRA, not forms.** You add us under CRA’s Represent a Client from your [My Business Account](https://www.everstonecpa.com/blog/cra-my-business-account-setup-guide), which takes a few clicks and nothing by mail. From then on we read your filings, balances and CRA letters ourselves instead of asking you to forward each one.

- **Records arrive through a secure upload link.** Statements, payroll registers, inventory counts and year-end packages come in through the upload link rather than as email attachments, and a phone is enough to send them.

- **You sign on screen.** The T183 and the engagement letter are signed in a browser window, with no printer, scanner or courier involved.

- **Calls happen by video or phone.** Enquiries, planning talks and the year-end review are booked around your calendar and your shifts.

- **Returns go where they always went.** We transmit to CRA electronically, and Ontario employer accounts are filed online with the province.

### What is specific to Ontario

Ontario harmonized its sales tax with the federal GST, so there is no separate provincial sales-tax return to file — one HST return covers both. The provincial corporate return is administered through the federal T2 rather than filed separately. Employer Health Tax is the main standalone provincial account for Ontario employers, with its own exemption and filing schedule, and WSIB coverage is separate again.

Current Ontario rates and thresholds live on the [Ontario tax facts page](https://www.everstonecpa.com/ontario-tax-facts). Every number on that page cites its source and the date it was last verified, and it lives there alone so it cannot drift out of date elsewhere.

### Ontario questions we get

**Does it matter that you are not in Guelph?**

For a corporate return, no. The T2 carries the Ontario schedules and is transmitted federally; nothing about the filing depends on where the preparer sits. Provincial employer accounts are registered and filed online in either case.

**When are meetings held?**

During your business day, booked in your local time. Most owners prefer email for routine questions and a short video call around the year-end.

**Do you work with Guelph food and agri-food businesses?**

Yes. Food processors, ingredient and agricultural technology companies and farm operations are a good fit for how we work: monthly bookkeeping, HST with zero-rated sales coded correctly, payroll and the year-end can be bundled into one flat monthly fee agreed in writing. See the [agriculture accounting overview](https://www.everstonecpa.com/agriculture-accounting-canada), or the [published fees](https://www.everstonecpa.com/pricing).

**Do you work with businesses outside Guelph itself?**

Yes. EverStone works remotely, so businesses in Fergus, Elora, Puslinch and the rest of Wellington County are served exactly as Guelph ones are: video, phone, email and a secure upload link, at the same fixed fees.

## Talk to a CPA about this

A single Chartered Professional Accountant from the first call to the filed return. The fee is fixed in writing before work begins, and a first conversation commits you to nothing.

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