Southwest Calgary businesses
Accountant for southwest Calgary businesses
Owner pay, holding company and structure advice for established southwest Calgary professionals and firms. Business structure consultation from $500.
Prepared by HBT Accounting, a CPA led firm in CalgaryUpdated 5.0 on Google, 59 reviews
Established owners asking structural questions
Southwest Calgary skews toward established households and the professional practices and consultancies that come with them. The accounting questions here are less about catching up and more about whether the current structure still fits after ten or fifteen years of trading.
Salary against dividends, whether a holding company earns its keep, what changes when a second shareholder joins, and what the records need to look like before a sale is discussed seriously. HBT works those through on the company's actual numbers.
What a southwest engagement usually covers
Owner compensation
Salary, dividends, shareholder loans and the documentation each one needs.
Structure reviewed
Whether the arrangement still fits, discussed before a decision rather than after.
Corporate year end
The T2 and schedules prepared from reconciled books.
How the work begins
Step 1: Review the position
Entity, year end, what is filed, and the question on your mind.
Step 2: Model the options
Each route costed before the year closes.
Step 3: Documented and filed
The chosen route recorded and the return filed.
Can you advise on company structure, not just filing?
Yes. A business structure consultation starts at $500 and shareholder tax planning at $500, with ongoing advisory at $350 per hour. The conversation uses your actual numbers rather than a general rule, and where a question sits outside accounting we say so and point you to the right adviser.
Corporate year end and T2 from $2,500+. Business structure consultation from $500+. Amounts are starting prices plus GST or HST where it applies. Final fees depend on scope, and we quote a fixed fee once the work is clear. See starting fees. The first conversation is free and takes about 10 to 15 minutes.