Resources
Help for the work you do.
How PeaceBooks fits your kind of business, and short guides that explain bookkeeping in plain words.
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Farms
Feed, seed and fertilizer set up right, load slips from the elevator, and the profit of the farm next to your other work.
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Trades
Receipts from the lumberyard, invoices for labour and materials, and knowing which job actually made money.
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Small businesses
Shops, services and home businesses: cash and e-Transfers, sales tax for your province, payroll, and a bank that matches.
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Rentals
Each property on its own: rent in, repairs and utilities out, and how each one is really doing.
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Self-employed or incorporated
Sole proprietor or small corporation: paying yourself, what the company owes you, and partners who share the records.
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Tips and guides
Practical bookkeeping for Canadian small-business owners. New guides are added as we go.
Which receipts to keep, and for how long
Six years, the details that matter, and how to keep them without a shoebox.
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Do you need to charge GST/HST?
The $30,000 rule, registering early, and what changes once you're registered.
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Paying yourself: what counts and what doesn't
Why money you take out often isn't an expense, for the self-employed and for companies.
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A mileage log the CRA will accept
What to write down for each trip, and the simpler log the CRA allows after a full year.
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Cash sales: record them the day you get them
Cash is easy to spend and hard to remember. A simple habit that keeps your income right.
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Keep business and personal money apart
One account for the business, one for home, and how to handle the truck and the phone.
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Your year-end checklist
What to finish before you hand the year to your accountant, in the order that saves the most time.
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Farm inputs and GST: what's taxed and what isn't
Many basic farm inputs have no GST/HST. What usually is and isn't taxed, and how to check.
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Hiring your first employee: the CRA basics
What you need before the first payday, what to take off each pay, and when it goes to the CRA.
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How to snap a receipt the app can read
Five small habits that make receipt photos easy to read, for you and the CRA.
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