Records foundations
What records should a Canadian self-employed person keep organized?
A plain-English tour of the record types self-employed Canadians are commonly asked for — and a calm way to keep each one current.
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Resources & guides
Well-kept records are a habit. These guides teach it.
Plain-English guides for self-employed Canadians on keeping business records organized — receipts and proof, GST/HST organization, mileage and workspace records, month-close rhythm, and a calmer accountant handoff.
Educational only — organization and documentation habits, never tax advice. Your accountant or tax advisor confirms what applies to you.
Published guides
8 guides ready to read.
Receipts & proof discipline
Receipts that survive review
What makes a receipt genuinely useful to your accountant — and what to capture before the details fade.
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Business-purpose notes that hold up
A two-minute habit that answers the question every reviewer asks: what was this expense for?
2 min readReadRecords foundations
Mileage, workspace, assets: the records that are easy to forget
Three record types that quietly go missing all year — and lightweight habits that keep each one from becoming an April reconstruction.
2 min readReadGST/HST organization
GST/HST records: what to keep organized between filings
How to keep the amounts you collect and pay visible period by period, so your filing conversation starts from records instead of guesses.
4 min readReadMonth-close habits
A calm month-close rhythm
Close your books a little every month, and tax season becomes a review — not a rebuild.
3 min readReadAccountant handoff
How cleaner records make accountant handoff easier
What accountants say they wish clients brought them — and how organized, documented records change the whole conversation.
3 min readReadRecords foundations
One venture or three: keeping business activities cleanly separated
Why records that separate each business activity are easier to review — and simple conventions that keep them from blending together.
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Eight disciplines, one library
Records foundations
What a well-kept set of Canadian self-employed records looks like.
3 published
Receipts & proof discipline
Keeping the paper — and the context — that backs every entry.
2 published
GST/HST organization
Staying organized between filing periods, without the scramble.
1 published
Vehicle & mileage records
A trip log you keep as you drive, not one you rebuild in April.
Home office & workspace records
The places you work from, and the bills that stand behind them.
Capital assets
Tracking the bigger purchases your accountant will ask about.
Month-close habits
Small monthly rhythms that keep the books current all year.
1 published
Accountant handoff
Turning a year of records into a package your accountant respects.
1 published
How these guides are written
Every guide is educational: it teaches record-organization and documentation habits in plain English. None of it is tax advice, and no guide ships until its content has been reviewed — anything that touches specific Canadian tax rules is checked against official sources first. Your accountant or tax advisor always confirms what applies to your situation.
The best record habit is a workspace that keeps them
ExpenIQ puts these habits into practice — one workspace for the records a Canadian business keeps all year.