Bookkeeping for Oliver and the wine country
Oliver calls itself the wine capital of Canada. Its businesses are vineyards, wineries, packing houses, and the tasting rooms and restaurants that serve the visitors. We keep their books monthly, through harvest and through the winter, along with payroll and GST and PST filing.
Common in Oliver books
A winery is several businesses in one set of books: a farm growing grapes, a producer paying excise on what is made, a retailer selling at the door, and often a restaurant or an events venue. Each part is taxed differently. Keep them apart month by month and the returns and the year-end are routine.
Vineyards and orchards also carry seasonal labour, some of it through federal worker programs, with payroll and Records of Employment that have to be right when the season ends. Packing houses and processors add inventory and per-grower accounting on top.
What we handle for Oliver businesses
Wineries
Farm, production, retail, and hospitality revenue kept apart, with excise, liquor PST, and GST each handled correctly.
Vineyards & orchards
Seasonal payroll set up and closed out cleanly, zero-rated sales recorded, and PST-exempt farm purchases claimed correctly.
Packing & processing
Inventory valued at year end and per-grower amounts tracked, so what is owed to whom is always current.
Local licensing: Businesses operating in Oliver generally need a Town of Oliver business licence; farms and wineries outside the town boundary fall under the regional district.
From estimate to monthly books
Get your estimate
Answer a few questions in the estimate calculator and see estimated monthly, one-time, and year-end pricing on the spot.
We review your records
Send your estimate to our team. We confirm the price once we've reviewed your actual books and records.
Onboarding or catch-up
We set up your file — or reconcile the backlog if you're behind — so monthly work starts from a clean opening balance.
Every month, on schedule
Transactions categorized, accounts reconciled, statements sent and live in your portal, and filings kept on track, with the year-end return prepared and filed by a licensed CPA.
Industry guides
Common questions
How is wine in the tank valued at year end?
As inventory, at the cost of making it — grapes, materials, and the production costs that went into it — until it is sold. Recording the year's production costs as expenses while the wine sits unsold understates profit in the making year and overstates it in the selling year.
Can you handle payroll for seasonal and foreign workers?
Yes. Seasonal staff are set up when they start and issued Records of Employment when they finish, with CPP, EI, and income tax withheld and remitted on schedule. Workers on federal programs are paid through the same payroll, with their particular rules applied.
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