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Understand your goals
A free call about your firm or business, your software and your CRA deadlines, so we scope the right work.
Remote bookkeeping for Canadian CPA firms and small businesses
Books posted, reconciled and closed every month, GST/HST working papers ready before each return is due, and year-end files your accountant can work from as they are.
Why Canadian firms and businesses choose HOF Partners
A remote team that works in your software, keeps GST/HST and CRA dates in view and checks every file before you see it.
Extra capacity for CPA firms
Organized around GST/HST and CRA dates
Working in QuickBooks and Xero
Monthly, quarterly or catch-up support
Permission-based, secure access
Checked before anything reaches you
Overview
Most Canadian accounting firms are not short of clients. They are short of people to do the bookkeeping underneath them, especially between February and June, when T4 slips, personal returns and T2s all land at once.
HOF Partners is an accounting firm in Dubai that works as a remote bookkeeping partner for Canadian CPA firms, under their brand, and keeps the books for owner-managed businesses in Ontario and British Columbia. We prepare the records and the figures; you or your accountant review them and file with the CRA.
Who we work with in Canada
Canadian CPA firms
White-label bookkeeping and GST/HST working papers so your team can take on more clients without hiring. Your brand, your software, your client relationship.
- Work done in your QuickBooks Online and Xero files
- Year-end files ready for your compilation and T2 work
- Extra hands for the February to June peak
Toronto, Mississauga and the GTA
Incorporated owner-managers, contractors and growing companies across Toronto, Mississauga and the rest of the GTA who charge 13% HST on their sales.
- HST coded as every sale and bill is posted
- Input tax credits claimed only where the invoice supports them
- Books closed on the same date every month
Vancouver and British Columbia
Small businesses in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and across BC that deal with two sales taxes: GST with the CRA and PST with the province.
- GST and PST posted to separate accounts
- PST paid on purchases kept out of input tax credit claims
- Figures ready for your GST return and your eTaxBC PST return
The Canadian rules your books have to meet
The main rates, thresholds and dates as of October 2026. Each has conditions, so read this as a map, not advice for your facts.
| Rule | What it means for your books |
|---|---|
| GST/HST registration | You stop being a small supplier and must register once taxable revenue, with that of associated businesses, goes over $30,000 in a single calendar quarter or over the last four consecutive calendar quarters. Below that, registration is voluntary. |
| Sales tax rates | Ontario charges 13% HST. British Columbia charges 5% GST, reported to the CRA, plus 7% PST, which is registered, reported and paid separately to the Province of British Columbia through eTaxBC. |
| GST/HST filing frequency | Annual taxable supplies of $1.5 million or less: an annual return, due 3 months after the fiscal year end, or monthly or quarterly by election. Over $1.5 million to $6 million: quarterly. Over $6 million: monthly. Monthly and quarterly returns are due 1 month after the period ends, and nearly every registrant must file electronically. |
| Sole proprietors with a December 31 year end | An annual GST/HST filer with business income and a December 31 year end files by June 15, but any balance owing is due by April 30. |
| T2 corporation income tax | The T2 return is due 6 months after the tax year end. Any balance owing is due 2 months after the year end, or 3 months for a Canadian-controlled private corporation that claims the small business deduction and meets the CRA's other conditions. |
| Payroll source deductions | Employers deduct CPP contributions, EI premiums and income tax from each pay and remit them with the employer's CPP and EI share. Regular remitters pay by the 15th of the month after payday. T4 slips for 2026 are due March 1, 2027, because February 28 falls on a Sunday. |
| Time zones | Dubai does not change its clocks. It is 8 hours ahead of Toronto in summer and 9 in winter, and 11 hours ahead of Vancouver in summer and 12 in winter. |
Sources: Canada Revenue Agency guidance on Canada.ca (RC4022 General Information for GST/HST Registrants, When to register for and start charging the GST/HST, T2 filing and balance-due dates, and When to remit source deductions) and the Province of British Columbia's PST guidance on gov.bc.ca. Rates and thresholds change; we confirm the current position for your business before you act.
What we handle for Canadian clients
- Monthly or quarterlyBookkeeping for CPA FirmsWhite-label bookkeeping, GST/HST working papers and year-end files for CPA firms, done in your software under your procedures.
- MonthlyBookkeepingEvery transaction posted and every account reconciled each month, with a short report after each close.
- Each reporting periodGST/HST BookkeepingGST, HST and PST coded as you trade, with a working paper and draft return ready to approve each period.
- Setup, then monthlyQuickBooks & XeroQuickBooks Online and Xero files set up for your province's sales taxes, cleaned up and kept current.
Your path to getting started
Five steps from a first call to books you can file from.
- 1Understand your goals
- 2Agree a clear plan
- 3Smooth onboarding
- 4Stay connected
- 5Deliver with accuracy
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Agree a clear plan
Scope, monthly timeline, who does what and how we report back, written down before we start.
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Smooth onboarding
Permission-based access to your software and bank feeds. We tidy opening balances without disrupting your routine.
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Stay connected
Regular updates, one named contact and a shared list of open questions, with overlap into Canadian hours.
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Deliver with accuracy
Reconciliations and GST/HST workings are checked against a review checklist before they reach you for approval.
How we work with Canadian clients
We prepare. You approve. You file.
Our team is in Dubai. This is how a Canadian month runs with us.
Work done while you sleep
Our working day starts around 1 a.m. in Toronto and late evening in Vancouver. Finished work and our questions are waiting when your office opens, and calls are booked in your morning, which is our late afternoon or evening.
Your software, your bank feeds
We work in the QuickBooks Online or Xero file you already use, or set one up. Receipts and statements arrive through the software, Dext, Hubdoc or a shared folder on an agreed monthly schedule.
Every figure checked before you see it
GST/HST returns, payroll reconciliations and year-end schedules are checked against your books before they reach you, with workings that show how each figure was reached.
Questions Canadian clients ask us
No. We prepare the GST/HST working papers and return figures, the year-end trial balance and the schedules behind a T2, and send them to you for review. The return is then filed by your business through My Business Account or GST/HST NETFILE, or by your accountant. We do not act as your representative with the CRA.
No. HOF Partners is an accounting firm based in Dubai and does not hold a Canadian CPA designation. We do the bookkeeping and preparation work. Where you use a Canadian CPA firm, it keeps responsibility for any compilation engagement, tax return and filing.
Yes. We provide white-label bookkeeping, GST/HST working papers and year-end files inside your systems and under your procedures. Your firm keeps the client relationship, reviews the work and files it.
Every engagement is quoted after the free consultation, based on your transaction volume, the number of entities and the services you need. You receive a written proposal with a fixed scope before any work begins.
Your books stay in your QuickBooks Online or Xero file, under individual logins and permissions you control. We ask only for the access each task needs, and you can review or remove it at any time. We can agree confidentiality and data handling terms that support your obligations under PIPEDA before work starts.
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Talk to us about your Canadian books
A free consultation: we review your records and deadlines and tell you exactly what your business or firm needs.