Journal
№ 06 · NotesSourced from CRA and BC pages
Many Coquitlam owners run a business and a property file at the same time. These entries cover both: commissions and PRECs, rental condos and presales, clinic and restaurant records, sales tax and year-end. Each one names its official sources and the date it was last checked.
An eight-week year-end run-up for a Tri-Cities BC corporation, the CRA dates that follow it, and extra lines for PRECs and rental HoldCos.
Read the entry: A year-end checklist for Tri-Cities owner-operators
For Coquitlam restaurants and cafés: reconcile each day of sales, run tips through payroll the BC and CRA way, and book delivery-app payouts at gross.
Read the entry: Daily sales, tips and delivery apps: restaurant bookkeeping in BC
Monthly records for a Coquitlam rental condo: rent, strata fees, repairs versus improvements, the T776 at tax time, and the annual SVT declaration.
Read the entry: Rental property bookkeeping for Coquitlam condo owners
The paper trail a Coquitlam presale needs, from first deposit to assignment or completion. GST, flipping tax and PTT rules cited; your CPA applies them.
Read the entry: Presales and assignments: the records BC investors need to keep
How Coquitlam agents set up PREC books, close them each month, and hand the CPA a clean year-end file. What BC rules allow, and what the ledger must show.
Read the entry: Bookkeeping for a personal real estate corporation (PREC) in BC
The $30,000 GST test, voluntary registration and BC PST for Tri-Cities home-based and online sellers, with worked examples for Etsy and Shopify shops.
Read the entry: When does a home-based or online business in BC need to register for GST?
How Coquitlam and Tri-Cities clinics reconcile MSP and insurer payments, tie associate pay to production, and code GST-exempt health revenue.
Read the entry: Bookkeeping for Tri-Cities dental and medical clinics
How Coquitlam owner-operators run the monthly close, GST and PST, payroll and year-end, worked through for an agent, a clinic and a restaurant.
Read the entry: The Coquitlam owner-operator's guide to bookkeeping
What Coquitlam owner-operators pay for bookkeeping in 2026, what pushes the fee up or down, and what cheap books end up costing at year-end.
Read the entry: How much does bookkeeping cost in Coquitlam in 2026?Book 20 minutes. Bring last month's statements or just a rough picture, and leave knowing what the work would cost.