Bookkeeping built around how your franchise works
Accurate, real-time books kept by people who understand royalties, marketing-fund contributions, and what your franchise agreement expects — so you stay compliant and your numbers stay in view.
Everything your franchise's books need
Books kept the way a franchise actually needs them — not generic bookkeeping with the franchise parts bolted on after.
Cloud bookkeeping with real-time access
Your books are kept accurate and up to date in the cloud, so you can see your numbers whenever you need them rather than waiting until month-end. No chasing spreadsheets, no guesswork about where things stand.
Reconciliation you can rely on
We reconcile your bank, card, and supplier accounts so your records match reality and nothing slips through. It's the unglamorous work that everything else depends on — and the reason your reporting can be trusted.
Royalty and marketing-fund tracking
Royalties and marketing-fund contributions are tracked and recorded correctly, so you always know what's owed, what's been paid, and how they affect your bottom line — the part general bookkeepers most often get wrong.
Reporting that shows you how you're doing
Beyond keeping the books, you get clear, regular reporting on how your business is performing — so your numbers inform decisions instead of just sitting in a ledger waiting for tax time.
Books that align with your franchise agreement
We set up and maintain your accounts to meet the reporting your franchisor and franchise agreement expect, so the numbers are already in the right shape when it's time to report up the chain.
In franchising, your books answer to more than the CRA
An independent business keeps books for itself and the tax man. A franchise answers to more — a franchisor, a franchise agreement, and a network watching how you perform. Your books carry obligations most businesses never deal with, and bookkeeping that ignores them catches up with you.
It starts with the costs unique to franchising. Royalties, marketing-fund contributions, and franchise fees that get recorded wrong don't announce themselves — they quietly distort your margins, your tax position, and every decision you build on those numbers. And because your franchisor expects reporting in a particular shape, books that drift out of that shape turn every reporting deadline into a scramble that strains the one relationship your business depends on.
Then there's your time. Running a franchise location is operationally relentless, and every hour spent untangling the books is an hour off the floor. Bookkeeping done properly by people who deal with franchise finances every day isn't a luxury — it's how you stay compliant, keep your franchisor confident, and buy back the time your business actually needs from you.
Handing over your books is the easy part
No disruption, no starting from scratch — we take your books as they are and get them where they need to be.
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A conversation first
We learn how your franchise runs, how your books are kept today, and what your agreement requires. No commitment.
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Setup and handover
We gather your records, move your books to the cloud if they aren't already, and structure them around your franchise's requirements.
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Books that stay current
From there, your books are kept accurate, reconciled, and ready — month after month, with your numbers always in view.
Bookkeeping questions, answered
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Yes — messy or out-of-date books are normal when someone comes to us, not a problem. We review where things stand during your consultation, bring your records up to date, and set them up properly from there. You don't need to clean anything up before talking to us.
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We work in cloud platforms — QuickBooks Online and Xero — so your books are always current and you can see your numbers any time, from anywhere. If you're on something else or still on spreadsheets, we'll move you over as part of setup.
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Yes. We set your books up around your franchise agreement from the start — royalties, marketing-fund contributions, and the reporting format your franchisor expects — so reporting is routine rather than a scramble.
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Yes. Whether you run one location or several, we keep each unit's books clean and consistent, so you can see how each location performs on its own and together.
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They're separate services that work best together. Many clients have us handle both — clean books make tax preparation faster and more accurate — but bookkeeping on its own is fine too. See our tax and compliance services for what's covered there.