Bytown Accounting

Bytown Accounting is a family-run bookkeeping and tax practice in Ottawa, Ontario, incorporated in August 2002. It takes routine bookkeeping off the hands of small business owners and prepares both corporate and personal tax returns. A large part of its work is bookkeeping for law firms.

What Bytown Accounting offers

• Cloud bookkeeping — ongoing record keeping in Xero or QBO, with app training and set-up.
• Corporate and personal tax — returns prepared by an accountant with more than 25 years of tax experience.
• Law firm bookkeeping — trust reconciliations and monthly reports, with knowledge of Law Society of Ontario rules and spot audits.
• Virtual CFO service — budgets, profit and loss reports, KPI analysis and review meetings for firms that do not need a full-time controller.
• Compliance filings — HST returns, Notice to Reader statements and EHT / WSIB filings within its service tiers.

Who it works with

Small businesses, start-ups and law firms, particularly those using PCLaw or Clio for practice management.

Key facts

• Based in: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Founded: 2002
• Certifications: certified advisor for Xero and QBO
• Partners: Xero, Wagepoint