Virtual CPA services for businesses in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba
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A Chartered Professional Accountant firm working entirely online. Corporate tax, monthly accounting and financial guidance for owner-managed businesses, without an office visit at any stage.
Quick answer: A virtual CPA does the same work as a local accounting firm, corporate tax returns, bookkeeping, payroll, GST and planning, but by email, video call, secure file sharing and e-signature. EverStone CPA Inc. is registered with CPABC and CPA Alberta and serves owner-managed businesses in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba this way, at fixed fees agreed before work starts.
Working online does not mean working with a call centre. Read about EverStone CPA.
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What working with a virtual CPA looks like
The same engagement a local firm would offer, delivered online by one CPA who knows your file.
Who it suits
- Incorporated and owner-managed businesses
- Owners who would rather email than drive to an office
- Businesses with records already in QuickBooks Online or Xero
What we handle
How it runs
- Questions and answers by email
- Video calls when a decision needs a conversation
- Documents shared securely online
- Returns signed electronically and e-filed
Bookkeeping from $325 a month, controller support from $1,650 and CFO support from $2,750. Corporate year-end work is quoted once we see the records.
How an online engagement works, step by step
- Request a quote. Tell us what the business does and what you need. A CPA replies by email, usually with a question or two about the records.
- Agree the scope and fee. You receive what is included, what is not, and a fixed fee, in writing. A video call is arranged if it helps.
- Authorize us online. You give us CRA access through your business account, and if you are switching from another accountant, we request the prior file for you.
- Connect the records. Read-only bank feeds and a shared folder replace the box of receipts.
- Work to a calendar. Filing dates for the year are set up front, and you hear from us before each one.
Where we serve
EverStone CPA is registered with CPA British Columbia and CPA Alberta. We work online with businesses in:
- British Columbia, including the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Interior
- Alberta, including Calgary and Edmonton
- Ontario
- Manitoba
Each province has its own corporate tax rates and sales tax rules: GST with PST in British Columbia, GST alone in Alberta, HST in Ontario, and GST with RST in Manitoba. The province pages set out what changes for a business in each one.
Virtual or local: what actually differs
The work is the same: the same returns, the same CRA systems and the same professional standards. What changes is how you reach your accountant. A virtual CPA replaces office appointments with email and short video calls, and replaces paper with read-only bank feeds and e-signatures. For most owner-managed businesses that means less time spent on accounting, not less attention to it.
Comparing online firms? Our guide to virtual accountants in Canada lists ten online firms and who each one suits.
Questions about working with a virtual CPA
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Starting fees
Every fee is fixed in writing before any work begins.
- Monthly bookkeeping, GST/PST 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