If your books or corporate filings are behind, start by identifying the missing periods, available records and any government deadlines. Teplov CPA reviews the file and scopes the cleanup and filing work required.
Routine corporate administration and specialist CPA work need different operating models. The starting point depends on the corporation's current condition and the judgment the work requires.
For an eligible one-owner service corporation with current books and complete digital records, whether it is operating routinely or genuinely inactive. SoloInc Complete and SoloInc Hold provide fixed-scope recurring compliance at clear monthly prices.
Compare SoloInc packagesFor Canadian IT professionals who are starting, behind on filings, changing structure, growing, closing, or dealing with an inactive corporation that has overdue filings, unresolved accounts or another non-routine matter.
Teplov CPA engagement detailsUnreconciled books, unfiled returns and unpaid balances are different problems. A notice or immediate deadline may need attention before the full cleanup is complete.
List the affected periods and gather bank and card statements, invoices, receipts, prior returns and assessments, government correspondence, and payroll or shareholder records where applicable. The Initial Review establishes the facts and helps define scope and fees. Cleanup and filing work are agreed separately; an enquiry does not promise penalty relief or a completion date.
Use the cleanup guide for the full preparation checklist. Sensitive documents should be shared through a secure follow-up process, not the public enquiry form.
Most contractors who arrive behind on books are not negligent. The work was steady, the filing felt distant, and the records accumulated faster than the time to deal with them.
Catch-up work, a proper QuickBooks Online setup, and the going-forward process so the same problem does not return at the next tax season.
The catch-up solves the immediate problem. The software setup solves the underlying one. QuickBooks Online connects directly to bank feeds, categorizes transactions against a chart of accounts built for contractor income, tracks GST/HST automatically, and produces the monthly statements a CPA needs to file accurately.
Contractors who manage books reactively in spreadsheets or not at all spend more time and money at tax season, miss deductions that were never recorded, and have no clear picture of their financial position during the year. A monthly close process, even a simple one, eliminates most of that cost.
Detailed breakdowns of the document organization and compliance decisions that come up when catching up records.
Identify missing periods, gather records and understand how catch-up and overdue filings are scoped.
→A complete list of documents IT contractors need to file their 2025 T1 return, T2125 schedule, and GST/HST return accurately.
→How IT contractors can organize T4A slips, invoices, software expenses, and home office records throughout the year, not just at tax time.
→The $30,000 threshold, voluntary registration, input tax credits, and retroactive liability risk for IT contractors.
→How late filing, late payment, instalment interest, and missing income penalties can affect Canadian IT contractors.
→When CRA requires instalment payments, the three calculation methods, due dates, and interest risk for IT contractors.
→Describe the affected periods, any notice or deadline, and what records and software you have. An Initial Review helps determine the scope and fees for agreed cleanup work.
