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Tax for Restaurants

Tax for Restaurants and Food Service

Your corporate return, your meal and beverage HST and GST, your payroll remittances and tips, and every deduction your kitchen has earned, prepared and filed by a CPA. Accurate, on time, and built to stand up to CRA review.

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★★★★★ 5.0 from 80+ Google reviews

CPA preparing a restaurant corporate tax return and HST and GST filing in Ottawa

Tax done right for food service

A restaurant carries a heavier tax load

Between the corporate return, the HST and GST you collect on every meal and drink, monthly or quarterly payroll remittances, and the tips that flow through your staff, a food business has more moving tax parts than most. Get any of it wrong and you are looking at interest, penalties, or a return that will not hold up. We handle the whole picture as a full tax service, prepared and filed by a CPA.

What we file for you

Restaurant tax, prepared and filed by a CPA

Corporate tax (T2)

Your corporate tax (T2) return, prepared, reviewed, and filed by a CPA.

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Meal and beverage HST and GST

We prepare and file your HST and GST filing on the tax you collect from diners.

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Payroll remittances and tips

Source deductions and CPP and EI on controlled tips, remitted on the right schedule.

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Deductions that hold up

Food cost, rent, equipment, and staff costs claimed correctly, so nothing is left on the table.

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Deadline tracking

Every filing and remittance date tracked, so late fees and interest never sneak up on you.

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Ready for CRA review

Clean, well supported returns that are prepared to stand up if the CRA ever asks questions.

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Owner and dividend planning

We coordinate your salary and dividends with the corporate return so your personal tax fits too.

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Full tax service

All of it under one tax service, so your restaurant has a single point of contact.

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Ask us what your restaurant needs to file

filed within six months of year end

HST

and GST filed every period

CPA

prepares and files your returns

5.0

average Google rating

Why choose us

Tax filing your kitchen can count on

Prepared and filed by a CPA

Your returns are prepared, reviewed, and filed by a Chartered Professional Accountant, not seasonal software or a part time preparer.

We speak restaurant

Meal and beverage HST and GST, controlled tips, food cost, and hospitality payroll are everyday work for us, not an edge case.

Accurate and always on time

We track every corporate, sales tax, and payroll deadline, so you avoid penalties, interest, and last minute scrambles.

Fully virtual across Canada

Everything runs on secure digital records with no drop offs. Explore the other industries we serve too.

Client reviews

Rated 5.0 by our clients on Google

    
 
 
         
   Robby Brown 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. E-commerce can get complicated fast with fees and multiple payment platforms. Better Books Canada broke it down in a way that actually made sense. Reports arrive on time and highlight what needs attention. It’s been easier to focus on growth instead of trying to reconcile transactions late at night.
  
 
        
   Emily Tomlinson 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Books are current and organized. Makes day to day operations easier. Happy with the support!
  
 
        
   Ezekiel Luanda 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. This firm is amazingly detail focused and client centric. I have been using them since the conception of my business and without their expertise and dedication to the numbers of it all I would not be able to flourish the way I am. Furthermore, Bashar is personable, patient, incredibly knowledgeable, timely, trustworthy, genuine and all around a total win to have on any team for financial services.
  
 
        
   Tatiana 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. As a consultant working with federal clients in Ottawa, I needed someone who understood proper documentation and clean records. The team organized everything and set up consistent reporting so nothing slips through the cracks. It has saved hours every month. Things just feel under control now.
  
 
        
   wesley bailey 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Appreciate the consistency. Reports come in on time and make sense. That’s really all that was needed.
  
 
        
   Pierre Frederick 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Bashar is incredibly competent, knowledgeable and honest. He is not a bookkeeper that likes to meddle in grey areas. He has worked for the CRA and does everything he can to protect and inform his clients. He provides an incredible amount of value compared to the amount that he charges, and it’s truly been a pleasure working with him. I highly recommend Bashar if anyone is looking for bookkeeping services in Ottawa.
  
 
        
   Rehoboth Mubedi 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Professional and well-run business. Bashar was friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable, and the office was clean and easy to access. Everything was handled smoothly from start to finish. Highly recommend.
  
 
  
  
 
 
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Let a CPA handle your restaurant's taxes

Book a free 30 minute consultation. We will map out exactly what your food business needs to file and the deadlines that apply, then handle it end to end.

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Help center

Restaurant tax FAQs

Your returns are prepared, reviewed, and filed by a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). That covers your corporate return, your HST and GST, and your payroll remittances, so every filing is accurate, compliant, and ready for CRA review.

A corporation files its T2 return within six months of the end of its fiscal year, per the CRA. Any tax owing is generally due earlier than the filing date, so we plan for both. We track your specific dates so nothing is missed.

You collect HST and GST on the meals and beverages you sell, and it has to be reported and remitted each period. We prepare and file those sales tax returns for you, reconciled to your actual sales, so the amount you send is right.

It depends on the type of tip. Controlled tips that run through the business are generally treated as pensionable and insurable, so CPP and EI apply, while direct tips paid straight from the customer are treated differently. We handle the remittances correctly. The CRA guidance on tips and gratuities sets out the full rules.

Food and beverage cost, staff wages, rent, utilities, kitchen equipment, and many other operating costs are generally deductible when they are properly recorded and supported. We make sure legitimate costs are claimed and documented so your deductions hold up.

Tax is a full standalone service here, so we can prepare and file your returns whether or not we touch your day to day records. If you would also like your daily numbers handled, see our bookkeeping for restaurants service.

Locations

Find us across the Ottawa region

Downtown Ottawa

116 Albert St, Suites 200 & 300
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G3

(613) 410-8202

Kanata

1000 Innovation Dr, Suite 500
Ottawa, ON K2K 3E7

(613) 509-1309

Orleans

114 Chancery Crescent
Orleans, ON K4A 4N3

(613) 454-1399

Embrun

867 Notre-Dame St
Embrun, ON K0A 1W0

(613) 510-0230

Open Monday to Friday, 8AM to 8PM at every location.

Tax for Restaurants and Food Service

A restaurant carries a heavier tax load

Restaurant tax, prepared and filed by a CPA

Corporate tax (T2)

Meal and beverage HST and GST

Payroll remittances and tips

Deductions that hold up

Deadline tracking

Ready for CRA review

Owner and dividend planning

Full tax service

Tax filing your kitchen can count on

Prepared and filed by a CPA

We speak restaurant

Accurate and always on time

Fully virtual across Canada

Rated 5.0 by our clients on Google

Let a CPA handle your restaurant's taxes

Restaurant tax FAQs

Find us across the Ottawa region

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