About

Filed & Balanced is an independent information site for owners and managers of small Canadian corporations who want to understand what they pay for accounting and tax compliance, and how much of the routine work can be automated.

The guides explain the main cost drivers behind bookkeeping, year-end financial statements and the T2 corporation income tax return, walk through worked estimates with the arithmetic shown, and point to the official sources for each rule: the Canada Revenue Agency, Revenu Québec, federal legislation, and the bodies that set and enforce accounting standards.

What this site does not do: it does not rank accounting firms or software products, it does not publish market fee surveys, and it does not give tax or legal advice for your corporation. Dollar amounts in examples are illustrative and labelled as such. Rules change, so every guide lists the official pages to check before you act.

The site is written for readers across Canada, with notes where Quebec rules differ. Personal income tax planning, payroll software and business insurance are outside its scope.

How this site is made

Filed & Balanced is an independent information project. Guides are drafted with the help of AI writing tools and checked against official and primary sources before publication; see our Editorial Policy. We are not affiliated with any provider mentioned on the site and do not sell products or services.