How can Leonard Bruno help you?
Taxation
Bookkeeping & Year-end Accounting
Consulting & Training
Begin with a complimentary consultation
Why choose Leonard Bruno as your Chartered Professional Accountant?
Leonard Bruno is a trusted CPA and since 1995 his firm has offered professional services in accounting, bookkeeping, taxation and consulting. Get tax help with comprehensive advice and extensive knowledge in all areas of personal, corporate and trust tax return preparation, tax minimization strategies and tax plans. He has the experience to help you and your business improve profitability and/or reduce expenses using strategic business techniques and tax planning expertise. He has industry specific knowledge in real estate, construction, not-for-profit organizations, small and medium size businesses, and estates and trusts. He has also successfully served investors, professionals, commissioned agents, employees, executors, non-residents and just about any taxpayer requiring expert, professional help.
A Chartered Professional Accountant is a valuable addition to you wealth creation team and as a highly qualified professional, will demonstrate an ongoing commitment to providing the highest standards of accounting, ethics and best business practices.
At Leonard Bruno CPA we want to build a long-term professional relationship with you based on earned and sustained trust. We believe it is important to build trust at first contact so we offer a free initial consultation that allows you to get to know us and us to get to know you and/or your business. Another important trust aspect of the consultation meeting is an open and clear discussion about fees. During the consultation meeting, we are usually able to quote a reasonable fixed fee so that you have no surprises at billing time.
Taxation services
Leonard Bruno has years of experience and in-depth knowledge completing tax returns. He proactively works with clients to reduce stress and tax exposure. He also works to minimize tax for the employed, self-employed, investors and commission salespeople. Leonard Bruno expertly handles rental income taxation, capital gains tax, non-residence income tax, and tax planning strategies.
We help...
- Businesses
- Charities and Non-profit Organizations
- Employers and Employees
- Individuals
- Investors in Real Property and Stocks
- Non-residents property owners - buying, selling, renting property in Canada
- Trusts and Estates
We prepare...
Core services:
- Corporate tax returns – T2
- Non-resident returns 216 & 217
- Personal tax returns – T1
- Trust and Estate Returns – T3
- Year-round tax planning
Value added services:
- Deceased taxpayer (terminal) tax returns
- Filing a Notice of Objection
- Government grants eligibility and applications
- Immigrant or Departure tax returns
- Investment and Capital Gains Schedules
- Investment information returns – T5
- Payroll T4 information returns
- Rental Activity Statements
- Statement of Contract Payments – T5018
- Voluntary Disclosure Requests
We handle...
- Business reorganization matters
- Capital gains
- Cash flow projections
- Education trusts
- Estate and Retirement Planning
- Executor selection plan
- Handling disputes with the CRA
- Income splitting
- Inheritance plan
- Inheritance tax
- Other tax planning and tax saving strategies
- Paying less tax
- Pension plan decisions
- Rental tax
- RRSP conversion decisions
- Tax deferral transactions
- Tax liability funding plan
- Trust, wills and estate matters
- Wills and tax planning
Bookkeeping & Year-end Accounting Services
A Chartered Professional Accountant goes beyond the routine of recording of financial transactions. A CPA looks at the big picture of your operating results and business environment to leverage this information into valuable forecasts, trends and opportunities for growth and cash flow management strategies.
When you use Leonard Bruno’s services, you will feel relief from the burden of paperwork and have more time to spend on things other than bookkeeping and payroll. You can also expect reliable, timely and accurate information, and the elimination of headaches related to errors and tax penalties. When you add your year-end accounting for financial statements and tax returns, you will receive valuable financial information and achieve cost efficiency. We will work with you during the initial consultation to create a customized bookkeeping, accounting and tax services package with a per-determined price.
We serve...
- Charities
- Corporations
- Estates and Trusts
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Partnerships
- Professionals
- Sole Proprietors
- Strata Corporations
- and more
We provide...
- Accounting and Bookkeeping - see service packages for more information
- Financial statements - annual, monthly and quarterly
- Choice of Notice to Reader* or Review+ financial statement reports signed by your CPA
- Payroll Services
Value added services
- Actual versus Budget reporting
- Cash flow management
- Cost segregation analysis
- Financial projections
- Month-end closing
We provide...
- QuickBooks® support and training (QuickBooks Certified Pro Advisor)
* Notice to Reader Report – also known as a Compilation, is a financial statement report suitable for organizations who require no assurance (assurance is a positive declaration intended to give confidence) on their financial reporting.
+Review Report - is a financial statement report suitable for organizations who require limited assurance (assurance is a positive declaration intended to give confidence) on their financial reporting.
Consulting & Training Services
Owning or managing a business can mean financial freedom or financial disaster. Leonard Bruno CPA offers creative strategies, techniques and training to help you eliminate the anxiety of growing your business whether it’s just starting or well-established. You can focus on your success knowing your business affairs are being managed by a Chartered Professional Accounting firm with over 20 years of experience in business, finance, tax and business consulting.
We serve...
- Charities
- Corporations
- Estates and Trusts
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Partnerships
- Professionals
- Sole Proprietors
- Strata Corporations
- and more
We handle...
- Acquisition (buying a business) due diligence
- Business start-ups
- Financial planning and budgeting
- Incorporation set-up
- Methods of buying or selling a business
- Preparing a business plan
- Transferring or selling your shares
Value added services
- Accounting systems development
- Due diligence - other
- Financial reporting
- Profit improvement solutions
- Accounting staff training
- Cash flow management
- Cash flow problems
- Equity and debt financing
- Financial risk management and analysis
- Government compliance
- Increasing profitability
- Mergers due diligence
- Part Time Controller or CFO Services
- Staff and management coaching and training (in collaboration with The Koru Consulting Group)
Why trust Leonard Bruno?
Leonard Bruno is a registered CPA in BC and Canada. His public practice experience includes over 20 years of accounting, tax planning, tax preparation and business consulting for a variety of clients and businesses.
He has held senior management positions in finance, banking, construction and real estate development. Leonard also has professional counsellor training to help clients with the emotional aspects of personal and business relationship financial issues.
Leonard obtained his Bachelor’s degree in business and finance from the University of British Columbia. He is currently completing a Master’s degree in Leadership from Royal Roads University.
Contact Us
Call us or email us. The initial consultation is always free for new clients.
Burnaby Office
- Metrotower II
4720 Kingsway, Suite 2600 Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2
Langley Office
- 8661 201st Street, 2nd Floor Langley, BC V2Y 0G9