Accountant in Vaughan.
Personal tax, corporate accounting and bookkeeping for Vaughan business owners, realtors, construction and trades, and corporate professionals. Video-first, with in-person meetings on request. Handled directly by a CPA, CA with over 20 years in the profession, not a junior or a call centre.
Your income tax and small business accountant in Vaughan.
Vaughan is a city of owner-operators. The construction, development and trades businesses that built Woodbridge and much of the GTA. The realtors and mortgage agents who run one of the busiest property markets in the country. The warehousing, wholesale and manufacturing shops along the Highway 400 corridor in Concord. And the corporate professionals filling the new towers at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. What most of them share is a corporation, a return with more than one moving part, and the need for an accountant who actually picks up the phone.
That is the work we do, and your file is handled directly by a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with over 20 years in the profession, not passed to a junior at year-end. We are a Whitby-based accounting firm serving Vaughan and the wider Greater Toronto Area, and most Vaughan clients work with us by video, with in-person meetings when a year-end or a tax-planning session calls for it. You get clear tax advice on what you can claim in Ontario, whether and when to incorporate, and how to stay onside with the CRA, without downtown firm fees.
For our Vaughan clients that means the full range of accounting services in one place: personal taxes and personal tax returns, business taxes and corporate tax returns, HST filing, payroll, and monthly bookkeeping with financial reporting. The professional accounting sits alongside real tax advice and tax planning, so you get business accounting and Canadian tax work from the same person, not a filing service. If the CRA opens a review or audit, we handle the correspondence and represent you. Book a free consultation and you'll have a fixed quote before any work starts.
What your Vaughan accountant handles for the year.
Personal tax, corporate tax, bookkeeping, payroll and advisory under one roof. One accounting firm, one point of contact, and tax and accounting services that line up across your personal and business returns, from tax return preparation to financial statements and year-round advisory services.
Personal tax (T1)
Personal income tax returns filed correctly, with every credit and deduction you're entitled to, including employment expenses and stock options.
Self-employed & commission income
T2125 business and commission income for realtors, agents and contractors, with HST, vehicle and home office reported together.
Real estate agents & PRECs
Setting up and filing your Personal Real Estate Corporation, and reporting rental and pre-construction property income the right way.
Corporate tax (T2)
Corporate tax returns for incorporated construction, trades and service businesses, filed on time with next year's tax planning built in.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled to your bank and invoicing every month, with financial statements ready so year-end is a quick close, not a scramble.
Incorporation & comp planning
Whether to incorporate, when, and how to pay yourself. Salary, dividends, or both, with succession planned for family businesses.
HST & sales tax
HST registration, HST filing and the quick-method election, handled with your bookkeeping so the sales-tax side is never a year-end scramble.
CRA reviews & tax advice
If the CRA sends a review or audit letter, we handle the correspondence and represent you, with practical tax advice and tax planning year-round, not just at tax season.
Where we add the most value.
Four common Vaughan client situations, and where our work tends to make the biggest difference.
Woodbridge family businesses, construction and the trades
Woodbridge is the entrepreneurial heart of Vaughan, and much of it is family-owned construction, development, landscaping and skilled trades. We run the corporate T2, HST, payroll and year-round bookkeeping, handle holdcos and multiple related companies where they exist, and plan how the business, and the tax on it, passes to the next generation before it has to.
Realtors, mortgage agents and PRECs
Vaughan runs on real estate, and commission income has its own rules. We set up and file your Personal Real Estate Corporation, decide the salary-versus-dividend mix, keep the vehicle, marketing and home office claims onside, and register and file the HST that catches a lot of agents by surprise. One accountant for the personal return and the corporation.
Concord and the Highway 400 corridor
The Concord and Highway 400 employment lands are full of warehousing, wholesale, distribution and manufacturing businesses. For those owners we run the corporate tax, HST, payroll and inventory-aware bookkeeping, deal with the cross-border and import side where it applies, and treat CCA on equipment and leaseholds as a deliberate planning choice, not a default.
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre professionals with side income
The towers at the VMC, anchored by KPMG and a growing base of corporate offices on the subway line, are full of salaried professionals with stock options, RSUs and consulting income on the side. We coordinate the whole return: the timing on option and RSU income, employment expenses where they apply, RRSP room, and any self-employment reported cleanly on its own schedule.
Three kinds of Vaughan clients.
Family-business, construction and trades owners
Woodbridge and Concord owner-operators, often with more than one company. We handle the personal return, the corporate T2, payroll, bookkeeping and the succession planning.
Realtors, agents and PRECs
Vaughan's real estate and mortgage professionals. We set up the Personal Real Estate Corporation and file the personal and corporate returns as one coordinated plan.
Corporate professionals with equity comp or side income
VMC and office-tower employees with stock options, consulting income, or a property they rent out. We file the T1 with every layer handled correctly.
You'll work directly with Elena.
EK CPA Pro is owner-operated. When you call, you're talking to the CPA, CA who's actually doing the work, not a junior who hands the file off at year-end. Elena has been working with owner-operated businesses across Durham Region since 2009, and is a graduate of CPA Canada's In-Depth Tax Program.
How meetings work for Vaughan clients.
Most Vaughan clients work with us entirely by video, with documents shared securely beforehand so the meeting is the conversation, not the paper handoff. Our office is at 70 Taunton Road East in Whitby, about 55 minutes east across the 407, for the year-end or tax-strategy sessions you would rather do in person.
Video
How most Vaughan clients work with us. Secure document sharing, screen-share for the walkthrough, no commute either way.
In-person at our Whitby office
70 Taunton Road East, Whitby. Free parking on site, straight across the 407. Good for year-end and planning meetings.
In-person at your office
For larger clients, annual reviews or a kick-off. Available on request.
Questions Vaughan clients ask first.
Do I need to be near your office to work with you, and what does it cost?
No. If you're looking for an accountant in Vaughan, most of our clients across the GTA work with us by video, and files move securely online. Your first consultation is free. We file personal income tax (T1) and corporate income tax (T2) at a fixed fee quoted before we start. A straightforward personal return is one price; a real estate corporation, a construction business, a rental property or multiple related companies take longer and cost more, and you get that number up front instead of an hourly surprise. As your tax accountant in Vaughan, we run the tax return filing and the full tax service, from tax filing to advisory, and you work with an experienced accounting professional, not a seasonal advisor or a rotating cast of tax professionals. The accounting behind your file meets professional accounting standards.
I'm a realtor in Vaughan. Should I set up a Personal Real Estate Corporation?
Usually once your commission income comfortably exceeds what you need to draw personally, because a PREC lets you leave earnings in the company at the lower small business rate and control when you're taxed personally. It also opens up income splitting and better retirement saving. We set up the PREC, handle the RECO and brokerage side of the paperwork, decide the salary-versus-dividend mix, and file the personal and corporate returns together so nothing falls between them.
I run a family construction or trades business in Woodbridge. Can you handle multiple companies?
Yes, that's common in Vaughan. We file the corporate T2 for each company, set up and use a holdco where it makes sense, keep the intercompany transactions clean, and run the HST, payroll and bookkeeping across the group. We also plan the succession, how the business and the tax on it move to the next generation, well before it has to happen, so a transfer isn't a surprise tax bill.
I own a rental or pre-construction property in Vaughan. What changes on my taxes?
You will report rental income and expenses on your T1 from the year you start renting. Net rental income (rent minus mortgage interest, property tax, insurance and repairs) is taxed at your marginal rate. If you assigned a pre-construction unit, there may be HST to deal with too. We will flag whether to claim CCA, keep you onside with the residential flipping and Underused Housing Tax rules, and plan the capital gains before you sell, not after.
Should I incorporate my Vaughan business?
Usually once the business earns comfortably more than you need to draw personally, because the small business deduction gives Vaughan business owners a lower rate on the profit you leave in the company. It also depends on your other income, your spouse's income and your goals. We model incorporating versus staying a sole proprietor with your real numbers, and the corporate tax planning that follows, before you decide.
What accounting and tax services do you offer Vaughan clients?
The full set an owner or professional needs: personal income tax returns (T1), corporate tax returns (T2), HST filings, payroll services, monthly bookkeeping, financial statements, incorporation and compensation planning, PREC setup, and year-round tax planning and advisory. As a CPA firm we handle tax preparation, tax compliance and the tax solutions a growing business needs, plus business advisory, financial consulting and support for business growth, and you can outsource the bookkeeping entirely. The Vaughan accounting and tax accounting behind your file meet professional accounting standards, and if the CRA opens a review or audit we represent you, so your personal and business tax filings match instead of being stitched together at tax season. Whatever your tax challenges, our CPAs handle them.
How do you bill?
Fixed-fee, quoted up front. You'll know the cost of your T1, any HST filings, the corporate side if you have one and any monthly bookkeeping before we start. No surprise invoices, no hourly billing.