The Work Speaks. Not the Reviews.

A general contracting firm with 14 employees and consistent project holdbacks came to Vericount with books that were three months behind and a year-end file their CPA described as "not ready." The CPA was spending billable time on basic categorization and reconciliation work that should have been done upstream.

After onboarding, monthly reconciliation was current within 45 days. By year-end, the file was delivered to the CPA fully reconciled, with project costing separated, holdback accounts clearly documented, and all CRA remittances confirmed. The CPA's year-end billing dropped by 40% because the foundational work was done correctly and on time.

The firm's owner now receives a P&L by the 15th of every month. He makes project decisions with current numbers — not numbers that are 90 days old.

A Vancouver-based marketing agency with seven employees had been using a bookkeeper who also filed their taxes. When Vericount completed the onboarding review, the prior 18 months of records contained $23,000 in expenses that had been left uncategorized — none of it reflected in the agency's P&L.

The owner had been making decisions about hiring and overhead based on financial reports that were incomplete. Two expense categories — software subscriptions and contractor payments — had never been properly separated, creating both a reporting gap and a potential GST input tax credit issue.

Within the first 60 days of engagement, all prior periods were corrected, the GST filings were reviewed, and a monthly reporting structure was established. The owner received his first accurate P&L in over a year. No CRA issue materialized — because it was caught internally first.

A retail operator running two locations had been managing books through a combination of a part-time bookkeeper and their own spreadsheets. When the owner sought financing for a third location, the bank required two years of clean, reviewed financial statements. What existed was a mix of personal and business expenses across shared accounts, inconsistent categorization, and no separation between the two locations.

Vericount completed a full catch-up engagement covering 36 months of records — separating locations into distinct cost centres, removing personal expenses, and reconciling all accounts. Monthly reports were rebuilt for each prior period. The resulting two-year financials were clean, consistent, and auditable.

The financing was approved. The owner now operates with monthly location-level P&Ls and a clear picture of which location carries the margin.