Establish the missing periods
Review the current ledger, bank history, settlement exports, tax-account details, and inventory support. Identify what can be reconstructed and which records still need to be obtained.
Historical bookkeeping cleanup
Rebuild the accounting trail before relying on the numbers
A separately priced cleanup project for established Canadian e-commerce sellers with incomplete or unreliable books. Available before or alongside monthly accounting, including when changing accountants.
Who this is for
When your records need a more connected close
You are behind on bookkeeping, switching firms, or finding unexplained settlement, inventory, and sales-tax balances. Start by identifying the missing periods and records rather than carrying an unresolved balance into the next close.
Reconstruct platform activity
Use order and settlement reports to separate revenue, refunds, fees, tax, reserves, and deposits. Reconcile payment processor balances and remove duplicate or unsupported entries.
Review inventory and tax balances
Connect available purchase and stock records to inventory and COGS. Identify unresolved filing periods and tax differences for separate review or filing scope where needed.
Prepare a supported handover
Document adjustments, remaining questions, and the recurring close requirements. For clients continuing into monthly accounting, agree the workflow in Xero or QuickBooks Online.
What you receive
A defined accounting scope
After a free fit conversation, the paid E-commerce Owner Tax and Accounting Review defines the missing periods, material issues, and fixed-fee cleanup scope. Cleanup deliverables and affected periods are stated in the proposal.
See an illustrative reporting package →Additional work
Fees follow the actual file
Cleanup is separately priced and does not require an ongoing monthly engagement. Tax returns, amended filings, disclosures, payroll corrections, and foreign-provider work are scoped separately. The review timing is confirmed before records are requested.
Pricing is private. A fixed-fee proposal follows the review if there is a fit.
A clear first step
Begin with a fit conversation
Tell us what is changing in the business and where the tax or accounting uncertainty sits. No records or platform credentials are needed for the first inquiry.
- Initial conversation
- We respond within one business day to confirm whether the situation fits the practice. No records are required for the first conversation.
- Paid review, when useful
- After fit is confirmed, a fixed-fee E-commerce Owner Tax and Accounting Review can examine the reliability of the books, corporate tax outlook, owner transactions, sales-tax balances, inventory support, and decisions requiring action.
- Records and access
- Records are shared through a secure client portal. Read-only access is requested where available; do not send passwords or financial documents through the inquiry form.
- Written outcome
- The paid review produces written findings, priority actions, and a proposed ongoing scope when recurring support would be useful.
The review does not include bookkeeping repairs, filed returns, legal advice, foreign tax opinions, or an audit unless those services are expressly included in a separate engagement.
Discuss your tax and accounting positionCommon questions
Before you request a review
Can I book a cleanup project without monthly accounting?
Yes. Cleanup can be a project before or alongside monthly accounting. The proposal identifies the covered periods, deliverables, fee, and remaining dependencies.
Can you help when I am changing accountants?
Yes. The review considers available exports, prior reconciliations, filed returns, inventory support, and read-only access. Records are shared through a secure client portal after fit is confirmed.
Does cleanup automatically include overdue tax filings?
No. We identify filing gaps, then agree the necessary tax work separately. Historical GST/HST corrections, corporate returns, and disclosure questions depend on the file and applicable requirements.
Related guides
Understand the records behind the work
How to Reconstruct Historical E-Commerce Books Before a Cleanup or Disclosure
When books are missing, incomplete, or unreliable, ordinary bookkeeping cannot fix them. What reconstruction requires before a cleanup or disclosure.
Read the guide →Month-End Close Checklist for Marketplace Sellers
Most marketplace sellers close the month when the bank balance looks right. A proper month-end close is a different process.
Read the guide →Inventory Reconciliation for Marketplace Sellers
When physical units and accounting records disagree, the gap shows up in COGS, gross margin, and cash. Here is how to close it.
Read the guide →Year-End Tax Document Checklist for E-Commerce Sellers
A platform payout is not a tax document. Here is the complete set of records an e-commerce seller's year-end file actually needs to be complete.
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