York Region, Ontario

Bookkeeping and Payroll Services in Markham

YNL provides outsourced bookkeeping, payroll, HR administration and AP/AR to businesses in Markham, York Region. Markham holds one of Canada's largest concentrations of technology and ICT employers alongside a deep professional services base — companies with recurring revenue, distributed teams and investors or lenders who expect reporting on a schedule.

Working with Markham businesses

Recurring revenue and deferred revenue

Subscription and contract businesses cannot recognise cash as revenue when it lands. Annual prepayments have to sit in deferred revenue and release monthly, and getting that wrong overstates this quarter and understates the next — which is exactly what a lender or acquirer looks at first.

Distributed and multi-province teams

Technology and professional services employers in Markham commonly have staff outside Ontario. Each employee's province of employment drives their tax tables, statutory holidays and employment standards, and one payroll provider covering all of it prevents the reconciliation mess of running two.

SR&ED and grant documentation

Companies claiming SR&ED need labour, contractor and materials costs traceable to eligible project work. That traceability has to exist in the bookkeeping through the year — it cannot be reconstructed at claim time.

Markham questions

Do you need to be on site in Markham?

No. Bookkeeping, payroll, HR administration and AP/AR all run remotely through our secure client portal, with document upload, e-signature and encrypted storage. On-site meetings in Markham can be arranged when an engagement genuinely needs one — most do not.

Do you handle deferred revenue for subscription businesses?

Yes. Annual and multi-year prepayments are posted to deferred revenue and released on a monthly schedule, with a supporting schedule that ties to the balance sheet. This is usually the first thing a lender, investor or acquirer tests.

Can you support an SR&ED claim?

We maintain the bookkeeping so eligible labour, contractor and materials costs are traceable to project work through the year, and produce the cost schedules your SR&ED consultant or CPA needs. We do not prepare or file the claim itself.

We have employees in Ontario, BC and Quebec. Can one provider run that?

Yes. Multi-province payroll is standard in our Growth and Scale packages, with each employee set up under their own province of employment. Quebec carries additional provincial obligations, which we confirm during scoping.

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