Ontario · Hamilton
Bookkeeping services in Hamilton
Books done monthly, HST filed on time, and job costs that actually mean something — built for Hamilton's trades, contractors, and small manufacturers, from a team based in Kitchener–Waterloo–Cambridge, serving Hamilton remotely.
At a glance
AccruBooks serves Hamilton businesses remotely from its base in Kitchener–Waterloo–Cambridge. Monthly bookkeeping starts at$200/month with HST filings included — flat, quoted in writing after one short call. The team is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, certified in bookkeeping & payroll management, with CPAs on the team. Call (226) 988-4584 or book a 15-minute call.
What you get
The monthly rhythm
The same monthly bookkeeping we run everywhere, tuned for job-based work: everything below happens without you asking, every month, for one flat fee starting at $200/month.
Why it works
Built for people who work with their hands
Hamilton was built on steel, and the trades-driven renaissance since hasn't changed the basic shape of the work — you're on a job site or a shop floor, not at a keyboard, and the books have to fit around that instead of the other way around. That's the whole design here: materials, labour, and subcontractor costs tracked by job so you can see which contracts actually paid and which ones quietly bled money, payroll run through QuickBooks (we're ProAdvisors) so crews get paid on time, and HST filed on schedule so it's never a scramble at month-end. If you're in construction, our guides library has more on job costing, WSIB, and HST specifics for contractors and trades.
Not sure where your books actually stand? The free 2-minute books health check gives you a straight answer, no sales pitch attached. And because the pitch here is the same one we make to businesses across Ontario — fluency in the province's rules rather than a storefront on Barton Street — pricing is published on the website, so you can compare it before you ever pick up the phone.
Questions
Hamilton owners usually ask
Are you actually in Hamilton?
Honestly, no — we're based in Kitchener–Waterloo–Cambridge, and we serve Hamilton remotely. We're not going to pretend otherwise with a fake local address, because that's the kind of thing that gets a business flagged, not trusted. What you get instead: bank feeds instead of a drop-in office, a secure portal instead of a filing cabinet, and a phone number a real person answers. The books get done the same way whether the client is a shop on Barton or a crew working out of Stoney Creek.
Do you understand job costing for construction and trades?
That's a large share of what we do. Materials, labour, and subcontractor costs get tracked by job in QuickBooks, so you can see which jobs actually made money instead of guessing from what's left in the account. It plugs into the same monthly reconciliation and HST filing — no separate system to maintain.
What about WSIB for a construction business?
Construction has its own rules here: coverage generally extends to sole proprietors, partners, and independent operators in the industry, not just employees, and registration is due within 10 calendar days of hiring your first employee. We won't file your WSIB paperwork for you, but we track the payroll numbers that feed it and flag when your business structure looks like it needs a second look — better from a bookkeeper than from an inspector.
What does bookkeeping cost for a Hamilton business?
Monthly bookkeeping starts at $200/month with HST filings included — no separate line item for that. Payroll, job costing, and catch-up work (behind books quoted up front, monthly rate plus 40%, with 20% back once caught up) are add-ons priced to what your books actually need. The quote builder gives you a real number in about two minutes.
Get the books off the tailgate and into QuickBooks.
15 minutes, no pitch — an honest read on where your books stand and what it would take to hand them off.