Small Business Accountant in Whitby.
Looking for a small business accountant in Whitby? EK CPA Professional Accountants offers corporate tax, bookkeeping, payroll and owner compensation planning for incorporated Whitby business owners and professionals. Same town, same firm, same CPA, CA on your file every year, since 2009.
Your small business accountant in Whitby. Based here since 2009.
EK CPA Pro has been operating out of Whitby since the firm opened in 2009. Our clients live here, run businesses here, and walk into our office at 70 Taunton Road East to sign their returns. The downtown Whitby small-business community, the medical professionals around the Lakeridge Health and LMP campus, the trades and contractors keeping the construction going, and the dual-income families balancing T4s, RRSPs and a couple of investment properties: those are our people.
We're not a Toronto firm with a Whitby branch. We're not a national chain that drops your file to a junior in March. Local, owner-operated, and the same CPA, CA on your work every year.
What your Whitby accountant handles for the year.
Personal tax, corporate tax, bookkeeping, payroll and advisory from a Whitby accountant under one roof. One firm, one point of contact, one set of advice that lines up across your personal and business returns.
Personal tax (T1)
Filed correctly with all the deductions you're entitled to and nothing you aren't.
Corporate tax (T2)
For incorporated owners. Filed on time with planning baked in for the year ahead.
Monthly bookkeeping
Reconciled to your bank and your invoicing every month so year-end is a fast close.
Payroll & source deductions
Staff payroll, T4s, ROEs and remittances handled cleanly so the CRA stays happy.
HST registration & filings
Quarterly or annual, including the quick-method evaluation if it saves you money.
Incorporation & comp planning
Whether to incorporate, when, and how to pay yourself once you do.
Where we add the most value.
Four common Whitby client profiles, and where our work tends to make the biggest difference.
Downtown Whitby small business
Independent shops, restaurants, services and professionals along Brock Street and the downtown core. We handle the corporate side, payroll, HST and the year-round bookkeeping so you stay focused on running the business instead of chasing receipts.
Medical and dental at Lakeridge and the LMP campus
Solo and small group practices around Lakeridge Health and the medical-professional cluster. Personal returns and Professional Corporation T2s planned together. College share-ownership rules respected. Retained earnings strategy built deliberately, not as an afterthought.
Whitby commuter professionals with side income or rentals
Strong T4 from a Toronto employer plus consulting work or a rental property here. We coordinate the layers: side-business deductions, HST when relevant, RRSP room interacting with employer pension, principal residence designation if you've moved.
Owner-operated trades and contractors
Whitby trades, electricians, plumbers and construction sub-contractors. We evaluate the HST quick method (it usually saves trades a few thousand a year), set up CRA-defensible vehicle and tool tracking, and handle the corporate and payroll side cleanly.
Three kinds of Whitby clients.
Downtown small business owners
Shops, restaurants, services and professionals running owner-operated businesses in the core. Personal + corporate + bookkeeping + payroll handled together by one firm.
Medical, dental and other regulated professionals
Practitioners with practices around Lakeridge Health and the LMP campus. We coordinate Personal + PC tax with the College's rules in mind.
Commuter professionals with side income
T4 workers with consulting income or a rental on the side. We file the layered T1 cleanly and advise on whether and when to incorporate.
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 Whitby clients.
Our office is at 70 Taunton Road East. Most Whitby addresses are 5 to 10 minutes away. Walk in for the year-end and signing meetings, video for the regular check-ins. Some of our clients have been with us 10+ years and still come in person every year.
In-person at our office
70 Taunton Road East, Whitby. Free parking on site. Easy off the 401 or the 412.
In-person at your location
We can come to you for kick-off meetings or annual reviews, common for clients with bigger files.
Video
Most regular check-ins. Documents shared securely beforehand so the meeting is the conversation, not the paper handoff.
Questions Whitby clients ask first.
How long have you been in Whitby?
Since 2009. Same firm, same founding CPA, CA, same town. We've watched Whitby grow from when the 412 was still being built.
I run a small business in Whitby. What do you actually do for me?
Year-round: monthly bookkeeping reconciled to your bank, payroll and source deductions if you have staff, HST filings when due, and quarterly check-ins on cash flow. Year-end: corporate T2 and your personal T1 filed together with planning baked in for the year ahead. One contact, one fee quoted up front.
Do you work with medical and dental professionals?
Yes. Whitby has a dense cluster of medical, dental and chiropractic practices around Lakeridge Health and we work with several of them. Professional Corporation rules, College share-ownership, hygienist and associate classification, equipment depreciation classes: we know the patterns.
Should I incorporate my Whitby business?
Usually yes once your business income comfortably exceeds what you need personally each year, because the small business deduction gives you a much lower tax rate on retained earnings. Your debt, your spouse's income, and your savings goals also factor in. We model both options with your real numbers.
How do you bill?
Fixed-fee, quoted up front. You'll know the cost of your year-end, tax filings and monthly bookkeeping before we start. No surprise invoices, no hourly billing.