CPA-Led, Flat-Rate Accounting and Tax for Moncton Businesses

T-Ledgers is a CPA-led accounting firm working remotely with Moncton businesses, contractors, logistics firms, professionals, landlords and self-employed people across Moncton and the wider Greater Moncton area. We do bookkeeping, catch-up work, corporate (T2) and personal (T1) tax, HST and payroll on flat fees quoted before we start.

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  • CPA, FCCA · CPA Ontario #77000292
  • Flat fees, no surprise bills
  • Moncton clients served remotely
Wajahat Ajmal, CPA, FCCA  |  CPA Ontario member #77000292 (verify my licence)  |  202 clients served  |  $60 million in client revenue managed  |  Flat fees, no surprise bills  |  Reply within one business day  |  QuickBooks Online, Xero and Dext  |  Read our Google reviews

Moncton has grown quickly as the transportation and distribution hub of the Maritimes, with trucking and warehousing along the Trans-Canada, contact centres, construction and a busy retail and restaurant scene. Growth like that brings new hires, new vehicles and new subcontractors, and the bookkeeping often falls a quarter or two behind. T-Ledgers brings the books current, keeps HST filed on time and gets payroll right as the team grows, on flat fees.

I’m Wajahat Ajmal, CPA, FCCA, practising since 2020. We do not have an office in Moncton. We work with Moncton clients by phone, video, email and a secure client portal, and our hours run into the Atlantic evening.

Accounting services and prices for Moncton businesses

Every service is quoted at a flat rate before we start. These are starting prices, + HST/GST. New Brunswick clients pay 15% HST on our fees. If you are HST-registered you can usually claim it back as an input tax credit. You get the exact figure in writing after a free call.

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ServiceStarting priceWhat it covers
Catch-up bookkeeping and back taxesFrom $1,800 per year + HST/GSTPriced per year: missing years rebuilt from bank and card statements, with the overdue HST returns and the T2 for each year filed in the right order. Personal T1 returns are quoted separately. Final flat price confirmed after we see what is missing.
BookkeepingFrom $350/month (quarterly); monthly bookkeeping from $500/month, + HST/GSTReconciliations, HST returns and year-end-ready books in QuickBooks Online or Xero, reviewed by a CPA.
Corporate tax (T2)From $800 + HST/GSTYear-end financial statements and your T2, including the New Brunswick schedules. Nil returns for inactive corporations from $249.
Personal tax (T1)Student $49; regular from $110 + HST/GSTEmployees, students, landlords and owner-managers, with New Brunswick credits included.
Sole proprietor tax (T1 + T2125)From $300 + HST/GSTYour personal return plus the T2125 business statement, with HST and instalments checked.
PayrollQuoted after consultationPay runs, CRA source deductions, WorkSafeNB reporting, T4s and ROEs.
GST/HST returns$150 per return + HST/GSTQuarterly or annual GST/HST returns prepared from your books, with input tax credits checked before filing.
Virtual CFOFrom $2,500/month + HST/GSTCash flow forecasts, budgets, KPI reporting and monthly CFO meetings for growing companies.
SR&ED claimsQuoted after consultationEnd-to-end SR&ED claims: eligibility review, project write-ups, the T661 claim form and the T2 filing, plus CRA review support. See SR&ED for software companies.
IncorporationQuoted separatelyOur incorporation service is for Ontario-based businesses. If your New Brunswick corporation is already registered, we take it from there. Registrations in other provinces are quoted separately.

Most incorporated Moncton clients take monthly bookkeeping plus a T2, with the owner’s T1 alongside. GST/HST returns on their own are $150 per return + HST/GST. See all packages and pricing.

Moncton rules that show up in your books

In Moncton you deal with the City of Moncton, the Province of New Brunswick and the CRA. Here is what comes up most in the books. (Official sources checked October 2026.)

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RuleWho it affectsOfficial source
Tourism Accommodation Levy: 3.5%Moncton's By-law A-1419 adds a 3.5% levy to the purchase price of tourism accommodation in the city. Operators register with the City and file remittance reports; stays of 30 days or more are excluded.City of Moncton Tourism Accommodation Levy
Home occupations and permitsA home occupation must be run within the dwelling and stay secondary to the residential use under Moncton's Zoning By-law Z-222. Converting space to a business use generally needs a development permit from Planning and Development.City of Moncton building and development permits

New Brunswick tax rules every Moncton business deals with

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RuleWhat it meansOfficial source
HST is 15% in New BrunswickRegistration is required once taxable revenue passes $30,000 in a single calendar quarter or over four consecutive quarters.CRA GST/HST rates page
New Brunswick small business rate: 2.5%Canadian-controlled private corporations pay 2.5% New Brunswick tax on the first $500,000 of active business income (11.5% combined with the federal 9%). The general rate is 14% (29% combined).CRA corporation tax rates
WorkSafeNB coverageEmployers must register with WorkSafeNB once they have three or more workers at any one time. Assessments are based on your industry and payroll.WorkSafeNB
New Brunswick annual returnEvery New Brunswick corporation files an annual return with Service New Brunswick (Corporate Registry) each year. It is separate from the T2.Service New Brunswick
No provincial payroll taxNew Brunswick has no employer health tax. You still remit CPP, EI and income tax deductions to the CRA.New Brunswick Finance: taxes

Income above the $500,000 small business limit is taxed at 29% combined (15% federal plus 14% New Brunswick). More in our guides to corporate tax rates in Canada and GST/HST filing deadlines.

Behind on your books? Catch-up is our speciality

If you are a few years behind, you are not unusual, and it is fixable. We start with your bank and credit card statements, rebuild the oldest year first, then file what is outstanding in the right order: HST returns, T2s and personal returns. If the CRA has sent letters or estimated assessments, we deal with them as part of the job. Penalties and interest keep growing until you file, so waiting rarely helps.

Catch-up work is priced per year, from $1,800 per year + HST/GST. See catch-up bookkeeping, back tax filing and a real file in our catch-up case study.

Behind with the CRA? Voluntary disclosure

If you have unfiled returns or income you never reported, the CRA’s Voluntary Disclosures Program (VDP) lets you correct it before the CRA contacts you, with relief on penalties and part of the interest. Many Moncton owners come to us only after a CRA letter arrives; coming forward first usually gets a better result.

  • The law behind it: the CRA can waive or cancel penalties and interest for up to 10 calendar years back under Income Tax Act s.220(3.1) (income tax) and Excise Tax Act s.281.1 (GST/HST). The VDP is how the CRA applies that power to people who come forward.
  • Unprompted applications (no CRA contact about the issue yet) normally get 100% penalty relief and 75% interest relief. Prompted applications (after a CRA letter that names a specific error or sets a deadline) normally get up to 100% penalty relief and 25% interest relief. These rules apply to applications received on or after October 1, 2025 (CRA Information Circular IC00-1R7).
  • Who qualifies: you must apply before an audit or investigation starts, include all the corrected returns and documents, be at least one year or one reporting period past the due date, and pay the estimated tax or ask for a payment arrangement (CRA’s VDP eligibility page).

HST is federal and provincial in one, so a single CRA disclosure covers both parts of your HST along with your income tax returns.

We rebuild the missing years, prepare the corrected T1, T2 and GST/HST returns, and file them with Form RC199 so the CRA reviews everything together. Pricing depends on how many years are involved and is part of our catch-up bookkeeping quote, which starts from $1,800 per year + HST/GST. The CRA decides each application case by case, so relief is never guaranteed.

Why Moncton owners work with T-Ledgers

A CPA on every file

I review the work before anything goes to the CRA. Nothing is filed without my sign-off.

Flat fees in writing

You get the price before we start. If the scope changes, we agree the new price with you first.

Replies within one business day

Tell us if a CRA deadline is close and we will put it first.

Cloud tools

QuickBooks Online or Xero for the books and Dext for receipts. We take over your file or set one up.

Remote by design

Moncton clients work with us by phone, video, email and a secure client portal. There is no office visit to book.

Hours that fit

Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. That is 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Atlantic time on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

T-Ledgers vs a traditional Moncton firm vs DIY

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T-LedgersTraditional local firmDIY with software
PricingFlat fee quoted in writing before we start, + HST/GST. No surprise bills.Often hourly, or a quote that grows with "extra" workSoftware subscription, plus your evenings
Who does the workLed and reviewed by a CPA, FCCAVaries: partner, staff accountant or bookkeeperYou
Behind on filingsCatch-up is our speciality; we file in the right orderSome firms decline messy or multi-year filesHard to know where to start
Reply timeWithin one business dayVariesNot applicable
MeetingsPhone, video, email and a secure portal; no office visits neededIn person, usually office hoursNone

Who we work with in Moncton

  • Trucking, warehousing and distribution: owner-operators and fleets, with fuel, per-kilometre costs, IFTA-ready records and HST input tax credits.
  • Trades and construction: contractors and subcontractors, with T5018 slips, holdbacks and WorkSafeNB.
  • Owner-managers and holding companies: salary versus dividends, corporate investment income and year-end planning.
  • Restaurants and retail: point-of-sale reconciliations, tips, payroll and HST.
  • Health and professional corporations: physicians, dentists, physiotherapists and other professionals.
  • Landlords and self-employed people: rental schedules, short-term rental income, T2125 income and instalments.

Hiring your third employee? That is when WorkSafeNB registration kicks in. We set up payroll so the numbers are ready for it.

How it works

  1. Free 30-minute call. What is filed, what is not, and what you need. Straight answers even if you do not hire us.
  2. Fixed quote in writing. If the scope changes later, we agree the new price with you before doing the extra work.
  3. Secure onboarding. We connect your bank feeds, set up or take over QuickBooks Online or Xero, and get you on Dext so receipts go in with a photo.
  4. Monthly and year-end delivery. Books kept current, HST filed on time, and your T2 and T1 prepared at year-end.

Meet your CPA

Wajahat Ajmal, CPA — Founder of T-Ledgers Accounting

Wajahat Ajmal, CPA, FCCA, Founder
I started my career in audit at KPMG, which taught me to go back to the source and reconcile everything before anything gets filed. I later worked as an independent contractor for a tax filing company. I’ve practised in Canada since 2020 and founded T-Ledgers in 2023.

I’m a CPA Ontario member (#77000292), also registered with CPA BC (#C77000292), and a Fellow of ACCA. You can verify my CPA Ontario membership in the public directory, or read more on our About page.

Client results

“I was behind a few years on filing and my situation was a little complicated but he handled everything great and did all the communicating with the CRA so that I didnt have to.”

Google review, catch-up filing client

Frequently asked questions

No. We do not have an office in Moncton. T-Ledgers is based in Ontario, and we work with Moncton clients by phone, video, email and a secure client portal. Most clients never need a meeting in person.

Our flat fees are the same across Canada: catch-up bookkeeping from $1,800 per year, bookkeeping from $350 a month (quarterly; monthly from $500), a student T1 for $49, a regular T1 from $110, a sole proprietor T1 with T2125 from $300 and a T2 from $800, all + HST/GST. Payroll is quoted after consultation. For Moncton clients the tax on our fees is 15% HST. You get the exact figure in writing before we start.

Not directly. Our incorporation service is for businesses based in Ontario, and registrations in other provinces are quoted separately. Once your New Brunswick corporation is registered, we take over the bookkeeping, payroll, HST and T2 from day one.

Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. That is 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Atlantic time on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. We reply within one business day.

Yes. By-law A-1419 adds a 3.5% levy to the purchase price of tourism accommodation in Moncton. Operators register with the City and remit the levy; stays of 30 days or more are excluded.

Generally yes, as a home occupation run within the dwelling and secondary to its residential use under Zoning By-law Z-222. Converting space to a business use usually needs a development permit, so check with Planning and Development first.

Yes. We keep the books for owner-operators and small fleets: fuel and maintenance by truck, per-kilometre costs, HST input tax credits on equipment and repairs, and CCA on tractors and trailers. Pricing is a flat monthly fee quoted after a free call.

Canadian-controlled private corporations pay 2.5% New Brunswick tax on the first $500,000 of active business income (11.5% combined with the federal 9%). The general rate is 14% (29% combined).

Yes. New Brunswick clients pay 15% HST on our fees. If you are HST-registered you can usually claim it back as an input tax credit.

Yes, catch-up is our speciality. We rebuild the books from bank and card statements, oldest year first, and file the HST returns, T2s and personal returns in the right order. Catch-up work is priced per year, from $1,800 per year + HST/GST.

Yes. We prepare the corrected returns and Form RC199 and file them together. Unprompted applications normally get 100% penalty relief and 75% interest relief; applications made after a CRA letter normally get up to 100% penalty relief and 25% interest relief. The CRA decides each case, so relief is never guaranteed.

More places we serve in New Brunswick

We also work remotely with clients everywhere in Canada except Quebec.

Ready to talk to a CPA about your Moncton business?

Current or years behind, the next step is the same: a free 30-minute call, and a fixed price in writing before any work starts. Book online, call (866) 254-5368 or email info@tledgers.ca.

Last updated October 15, 2026. Reviewed by Wajahat Ajmal, CPA, FCCA. Official sources checked October 2026.