Bookkeeping for landscaping businesses in London, ON.
For lawn care, landscaping and snow removal businesses. Your books done the day you upload your statements, checked against your bank, for $79 CAD a month.
Free to join. The first 1,000 in get their catch-up free.
Sales tax
Ontario charges 13% HST on most sales. Once your sales pass $30,000 in four quarters in a row (or in one quarter), you register, charge it and file GST/HST returns.
Income tax
Ontario taxes income at 5.05% to 13.16% in 2026, on top of federal tax of 14% to 33%, on the profit from your business.
CPP
Working for yourself, you pay both halves of CPP: 11.9% of your earnings from $3,500 to $74,600 in 2026, plus 8% more up to $85,000.
Deadlines
Sole proprietors file by June 15 and pay by April 30. Once you owe more than $3,000, CRA asks for instalments on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15.
Contractors
Paid someone more than $500 for services in a year? They may need a T4A slip by the end of February.
What every business in London (about 420,000 people) keeps track of in 2026. Rates change, so check with your accountant before you file.
Landscaping businesses in London, by the numbers
London has 260 building services companies (cleaning, landscaping and pest control) with employees (Statistics Canada, December 2024).
Every one of them has books to keep: sales to match to the bank, costs to sort and tax to work out.
Why landscaping businesses need different books
Busy summers and quiet winters, trucks and trailers and mowers that last for years, fuel on every card, crews that grow and shrink with the season and customers who pay by the visit or by the season. Cash flow is the hard part.
What a bookkeeper for landscaping businesses in London keeps track of
Seasonal income and what to keep for winter
Trucks, trailers and equipment written off over the years
Fuel and repairs
Seasonal crew pay
Sales tax or GST/HST on services and materials
Taxes for landscaping businesses in Ontario
Landscaping services take GST/HST like most services: 13% HST in Ontario once you're registered, which you must be when sales pass $30,000 in four quarters in a row or in one quarter.
Landscaping and snow removal take GST/HST once you're registered.
Trucks and equipment are claimed through capital cost allowance (CCA) over the years.
Seasonal staff need payroll with CPP and EI.
What SumSwift does for landscapers, for $79 CAD a month
Big purchases get one question, "Is this equipment?", so they're written off over the right years
Depreciation or CCA worked out for each piece of equipment
A 90-day cash forecast, so you see the quiet months coming
Payroll worked out each payday, with the deposit file for your bank and the remittance to send
A mileage log (a CRA logbook in Canada) and the business share of your vehicle worked out for taxes
Invoices made, emailed and chased in SumSwift, with a pay link your customers can use
Up to 3 accounts included. Prices in CAD. Your accountant still files your tax return, with clean books and free access.
Questions.
How much does a bookkeeper for landscaping businesses cost in London?
Published price guides put most small businesses at $300 to $1,500 a month for a bookkeeper, more when the books are busy, as they often are for landscaping businesses. SumSwift does the monthly work for $79 CAD a month, the day you upload your statements.
How do I handle the slow season?
Set aside part of each summer month. SumSwift's cash forecast shows the weeks ahead from your real bills, invoices and usual spending.
Can I write off my truck?
The business share of it. SumSwift keeps the log and works out the share from your business and total distance.
Does SumSwift know Ontario's tax rules?
Landscaping services take GST/HST like most services: 13% HST in Ontario once you're registered, which you must be when sales pass $30,000 in four quarters in a row or in one quarter. Landscaping and snow removal take GST/HST once you're registered.
Behind on my books. Can you catch me up?
Yes. A catch-up of up to 12 months is $599, once, checked against your bank to the cent.