
Ottawa Estate Planning
The Chartered Professional Accountants at Smith and West are here to help you protect your family and business by planning your estate. Tailored to your family’s or business’ unique needs, our expert CPAs are trained to give you the best options to minimize or eliminate estate taxes, inheritance taxes, and probate fees. While planning an estate needn’t be stressful, it is essential to ensure the brightest future for your family or business. That’s why your best bet is to let our expert estate accountants do the heavy lifting and make sure your affairs are in order.
For all your estate tax planning and estate tax needs, contact Smith & West to ensure a bright future for your family or business.
Why Your Business Needs a Tax Accountant in Ottawa
Accounting is a crucial business function when beginning a small firm. It gives business owners the clearest insight into the performance of their operations. Additionally, for tax and regulatory reasons, entrepreneurs must maintain a wealth of records of their businesses.
- Forecast Business Outlook
Entrepreneurs typically draft a business strategy that contains financial reports, an economic outlook, and projected expenditures. Lenders and investors rely largely on this accounting information to make sure that the business owner has a clear understanding of the expected financial results.
- Plan Budget
Making a budget is a crucial accounting task when beginning a business. Budgets lay out the costs associated with various business activities. Businesses may set aside money for recruiting staff, marketing plans, stock purchases, and other forms of business expenses. Entrepreneurs can save money by adhering to a budget and avoiding spending it on non-essential business expenditures.
- Determine Revenue and Profits
Most often, a business will gauge its profitability through accounting. Businesses must determine how effectively they are employing their resources to produce services as well as how the cost of their inventory compares to their profit margin.
- Gain Insight
Businesses may seek guidance from a certified public accountant. They offer a wealth of education, expertise, or skill when assisting entrepreneurs in arranging their business accounting processes. Business owners may also want expert advice when submitting tax returns and making sure all business-related expenses are covered at year’s end.
Our Business Advisory Services in Ottawa, Canada
Thanks to a wealth of extensive experience working with companies of all sizes and stages of growth, our business advisory & consulting experts can advise you on issues such as:
- Management
Our business advisory and consulting experts can offer invaluable insights into effective management strategies. We will provide an in-depth analysis to guide decision-making and realize your business’ fullest potential.
- Corporate Finance
We aim to create value for your business every chance we get. We can provide you with tailored advice on your financial planning, budget decision, and acquisitions and investment strategies to ensure your financial health and growth.
- Benefit Plans
Crafting competitive and attractive benefit plans is important for attracting and retaining top talent. Our advisory team can help you design and implement benefit plans that meet the needs of your employees while still aligning with your company’s goals and values.
- Outsourcing
Outsourcing can be a strategic move to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Our business advisors can guide you through the process, helping you identify the right outsourcing opportunities and manage vendor relationships effectively.
- Pricing
The right pricing strategy determines profitability. Our consultants study your market and competitors to create a pricing plan that maximizes your revenue while simultaneously delivering exceptional value to your customer base.
- Grants, Bursaries & Fundraising
Accessing grants and fundraising opportunities can provide vital financial support for your business or projects. We have a proven track record of assisting clients in securing grants, bursaries, and raising funds to fuel growth and innovation.
Contact us today to find out how engaging the business consulting and advisory services of Smith & West could be one of the best business decisions you’ve ever made.
Our Estate Planning Services in Ottawa
No matter what your estate planning & estate tax needs may be, from simple to highly complex, our team of knowledgeable estate tax & planning professionals can help you out with a wide range of estate accounting services. Our line-up of estate tax planning services includes:
- Wills and Estates
- Estate Trust and income tax
- Estate law
- Trust tax returns
- Dissolving of Trusts
Contact us for more information about our estate planning services, and to find out how Smith & West can help ensure that your estate is well looked after.

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