AGRI-BUSINESS SERVICES
Our Practice Focuses on Providing Top Notch, Affordable Bookkeeping Services to Small & Medium Sized Businesses, and Specializes in Small Farm and New Agricultural Operations
Owner Rawlin Goossen has particular expertise in farming operations and family-owned and operated local businesses.
Rawlin is passionate about helping new farmers, young farmers, and more experienced farmers establish their bookkeeping systems for the greatest efficiency, ensuring that nothing is left out, and that every aspect of their farming business is reflected in the accuracy of their financial statements so that farmers can best plan and prepare with informed decisions to best achieve their agricultural goals.
A financially healthy farming community feeds a healthy community!
In-person & Remote Services
Sole Proprietorship & Corporate Tax Preparation
We work in person with agricultural business owners at our office in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia and also remotely for everyone throughout Canada via an electronic portal to easily and securely upload your files to.
We are an authorized representative through CRA for online access to make tax filing seamless. We use e-signatures for our remote clients to finalize the process and submit your return on your behalf.
Bookkeeping Services
Azure Tide Bookkeeping provides clients with customized bookkeeping to manage all needs with personalized care and support.
We offer bookkeeping services to self-employed individuals, farmers and agricultural businesses, including:
data entry
categorization of expenses
payroll & monthly payroll remittances
HST remittances
reconciliation of bank and credit card statements, and
regular profit & lost statement reviews with business owners so that decision making is informed and accurate.
Integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality are what we uphold so that you sleep better at night knowing your books are in good hands, and can focus during the day on the work of your farm’s success!
Agricultural Start-up Consultation
Launching a new farming business? Setting up your argicultural accounting systems shouldn’t be a painful activity and we strive to make it as enjoyable as it is educational. We will help you establish your bookkeeping systems right from the start for the financial clarity and success of farming practice.
Whether you are using Sage 50, QBO, FreshBooks, etc., we will help you learn and to set up your business accounting systems, and answer all of your questions, such as:
Which accounting program is best for me?
Do I need to incorporate?
What are the costs of hiring employees?
Do I need an HST number and how do I file it?
We also help prepare budget submissions for Provincial and Federal grants, loans and financing opportunities available for new agricultural businesses, expansions, the hiring of employees, or the development of new agricultural products for market.