Accountants are licensed in Canada, and therefore in Toronto as well, by organizations such as Certified Management Accountant, Certified General Accountant. A commonwealth country, Canada recognizes both the certified and chartered accounting bodies. Most of the corporate accounting Toronto and small business accounting Toronto in Canada are Chartered Accountants. Nevertheless, Certified General Accountants are also allowed by legislation to perform corporate accounting and small business accounting all through the Canadian territories, including Toronto.



Corporate accounting Toronto includes personnel who deals with accounting activities in business corporations; it refers to operational and financial audits and to corporate functions such as import functions, treasury, credit card services, various operational projects. Corporate accounting Toronto represents a part of the financial department of the corporation and is in tight collaboration with other members of the financial department. Like any other department, the accounting department is led by a manager who sees to a professional way of dealing with tasks. Aspects that have to be taken into consideration in this case are: meeting the requirements for the Canadian legal entities, certifying the accounting department's conformity with the policies of the corporations, ensuring appropriate accounting internal control. The accounting department also participates at any initiative, plan or strategy of the corporation in order to provide any information or advice on the financial resources. The corporate accounting is involved in enacting quality level financial and operational analysis to approve business decisions and initiatives. Corporate accounting is responsible for validating corporate overhead forecasts and plans. Another function is reporting conformity or non-conformity with the Canadian General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) which is checked monthly, quarterly, and annually. It is a key link between a corporate entity and Corporate Accounting and Treasury which deals with annual testing of businesses.

A similar role is played by small business accounting Toronto, but at a much lower level, since it deals with small businesses. It provides help regarding various activities such as: present a business project to potential investors, establish the financial record-keeping system, prepare budgets and cash-flow statements, deal with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), anticipate the income tax return, or establish the payroll deductions. Selling and acquiring are usually done in collaboration with the accounting entity. Representatives of small business accounting Toronto are also in charge with providing information or advice on any financial possibilities regarding future projects. Financial forecasts regarding the budget are also under the responsibility of the small business accounting. At request the entity can identify issues, opportunities and key metrics of performance. When looking for such an accounting expert the local Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) in Toronto appointed by the government can be checked for more information.

There is an official on-line Regulatory Registry appointed by the government, meant to provide information regarding corporate accounting and small business accounting. This way businesses find it easier to keep the accounting departments or the accountants informed about all regulatory proposals or approvals. Therefore, the role of the Regulatory Registry is to intermediate the exchange of information between government regulations and businesses regarding regulatory terms and consequences on small businesses accounting Toronto as well as on corporate accounting. Official regulators watching the well-going of corporate accounting and small business accounting are TSC, TSFI, MFDA, AMF.

All in all, there are similarities as well as differences between corporate accounting and small business accounting. Similarities are of content and function, while differences refer to form of performing these functions. Also, regulations (both national and local ? Toronto, in this particular case) make a difference between the two.