# Coquitlam Bookkeeping

> Boutique bookkeeping and financial operations for Coquitlam and Tri-Cities owner-operators. Monthly bookkeeping, payroll, GST and PST filing, year-end preparation, catch-up, and fractional controller work for owner-operators in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, Belcarra, Burnaby, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, and Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.

## About

- [About Coquitlam Bookkeeping](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/about): Why the practice exists, who is behind it, and the rules it works by.
- [Approach](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/approach): The monthly routine (books closed by the 10th), the software used and its typical cost, and five commitments.
- [For AI assistants](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/for-ai-assistants): Key facts stated plainly.

## Services

- [Monthly Bookkeeping](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/monthly-bookkeeping): Last month's books finished by the 10th. Accounts reconciled, statements ready, and your questions answered in writing.
- [Payroll Management](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/payroll-management): Pay runs, source deductions, T4s and ROEs handled for Tri-Cities teams, tipped and part-time staff included.
- [GST and PST Filing](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/gst-pst-filing): GST and BC PST returns drafted from reconciled books, then filed with the CRA and through eTaxBC on the schedule you were assigned.
- [Year-End Preparation](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/year-end-preparation): Your fiscal year closed in the ledger, every balance backed by a schedule, and a handover file your CPA can start on straight away.
- [Catch-Up and Clean-Up](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/catch-up): Months or years behind? We rebuild the ledger from the bank statements up, reconcile every account and leave you current, for one fixed project fee.
- [Fractional Controller](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/services/fractional-controller): A senior finance lead on retainer. Your monthly close reviewed and signed off, results by location, and a cash forecast you can plan around.

## Industries Served

- [Realtors and Mortgage Brokers](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/realtors-and-mortgage-brokers): Agents, PRECs and mortgage brokers. Commission statements matched to deposits, splits and fees booked, the corporation kept apart.
- [Real Estate Investors](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/real-estate-investors): Rental condos, presales and assignments. Unit-by-unit books, deposits on file, HoldCo and personal holdings kept straight.
- [Medical and Dental Clinics](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/medical-and-dental-clinics): Family practices, dental offices, physio and allied health. MSP and insurer deposits reconciled, associate pay tied to production, professional corporations kept separate.
- [Restaurants and Hospitality](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/restaurants-and-hospitality): Restaurants, cafés and bakeries. Daily sales tied to deposits, delivery-app payouts broken out, tips run properly through payroll.
- [Construction and Renovation](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/construction-and-trades): Builders, renovators and trades working from Burke Mountain down to Maillardville. Job costs, lien holdbacks and T5018 totals kept current.
- [Professional Services](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/professional-services): Law, design, consulting and accounting-adjacent firms. Retainers held until earned, costs tracked by engagement, books closed monthly.
- [E-Commerce and Home-Based Businesses](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/e-commerce-and-home-based): Online stores, marketplace sellers and businesses run from home. Payouts unpacked, stock costed, GST registration timed.
- [Owner-Operator Holdings](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/industries/owner-operator-holdings): An operating company plus a HoldCo of rental condos. Each entity reconciled monthly, intercompany balances kept in step.

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/pricing): Steady, $500 to $750 per month CAD; Considered, $800 to $1,200 per month CAD; Bespoke, $1,250 to $2,000 per month CAD. Plus applicable taxes.

## Journal

- [A year-end checklist for Tri-Cities owner-operators](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/year-end-checklist-tri-cities-owner-operators): 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.
- [Daily sales, tips and delivery apps: restaurant bookkeeping in BC](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/restaurant-daily-sales-and-tips-bc): 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.
- [Rental property bookkeeping for Coquitlam condo owners](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/rental-property-bookkeeping-coquitlam): Monthly records for a Coquitlam rental condo: rent, strata fees, repairs versus improvements, the T776 at tax time, and the annual SVT declaration.
- [Presales and assignments: the records BC investors need to keep](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/presale-assignment-records-bc): 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.
- [Bookkeeping for a personal real estate corporation (PREC) in BC](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/prec-bookkeeping-for-bc-realtors): 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.
- [When does a home-based or online business in BC need to register for GST?](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/gst-registration-home-based-business-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.
- [Bookkeeping for Tri-Cities dental and medical clinics](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/dental-and-medical-clinic-bookkeeping): How Coquitlam and Tri-Cities clinics reconcile MSP and insurer payments, tie associate pay to production, and code GST-exempt health revenue.
- [The Coquitlam owner-operator's guide to bookkeeping](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/coquitlam-small-business-bookkeeping-guide): 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.
- [How much does bookkeeping cost in Coquitlam in 2026?](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/journal/bookkeeping-cost-coquitlam-2026): 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.
- [FAQ](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/faq): Twenty questions owners ask, answered first-sentence first.

## Contact

- Phone: (778) 652-7425
- Email: admin@coquitlambookkeeping.ca
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 17:00 PT
- [Contact and booking](https://coquitlambookkeeping.ca/contact)