Accounting you can talk to.

Ask Paragon about your taxes and your business. It answers in plain words and shows its work.

Do I need to start charging GST?Salary or dividends this year?When is my HST return due?Is it time to incorporate?What can I write off as a freelancer?How much should I set aside for tax?Can I claim my home office?What if I file my GST return late?Do I owe tax instalments this year?How do I pay my first employee?When is my payroll remittance due?When do my T4 slips need to go out?Can I claim the GST on this laptop?Why don’t my books match the bank?Do I get the small business deduction?How much RRSP room do I have left?TFSA or RRSP for this year’s savings?Who owns what after the SAFEs convert?What did we spend on software this quarter?Which customers are overdue?When is my corporation’s T2 due?Can I deduct part of my phone bill?How long do I keep my receipts?Is this expense personal or business?Could we claim SR&ED credits?What would missing this deadline cost?How do I pay myself from my company?Do I charge HST to a client in Alberta?Do I need to register for the QST?Are my books ready for an investor?

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No question is too basic. Paragon answers from your own numbers, shows the figures it used, and cites the law behind each answer, so you can check it or take it to your accountant.

Example

Dev Ramos Freelance video editor, Vancouver

Do I need to start charging GST?

Paragon

Not yet. Your sales over the last four quarters come to $27,840. Once they pass $30,000, you're no longer a small supplier, and you'll need to register and start charging GST.

At your current pace, two more invoices like last month's would take you over. Want me to get the registration ready?

§ Excise Tax Act, s. 148 · small supplier

Every deadline on one calendar

GST/HST returns, payroll remittances, instalments, slips and your T2 sit on one calendar. Reminders grow firmer as a deadline gets closer, and each one says what missing it would cost, in dollars.

Example

Northshore Landscaping Ltd.

Upcoming in October

HST returnOctober 20. Due in 6 days · Filing late would cost about $410
Payroll remittanceOctober 27. Due in 13 days · Paying late would cost up to $630
T2 instalmentOctober 31. Due in 17 days · Paying late adds interest, about $45

Books you can prove

Changes Paragon proposes in a conversation arrive as drafts for you to confirm. The audit trail can't be rewritten, and the ledger is anchored to a public timestamp, so you can prove when a record existed and that it hasn't changed since.

Anchoring proves when and unaltered. Whether the numbers are right is still for you and your accountant to check.

Example

Northshore Landscaping Ltd.

Invoice 1047, site maintenanceDraft, confirmed by Maya$4,320.00
Payment receivedPosted$4,320.00
Ledger record✓ Anchored 3fa9c7e2d4b1Mar 14

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