Who am I?
A proud Calgarian...
I have lived in Calgary for over 20 years. During that time I have tried to emulate the passion, hospitality and entrepreneurial spirit that this city is known for around the world. I am active in my community and participate annually in events to raise money for cancer and alzheimer's research.
... and a great accountant.
For over ten years I have worked hard as an accountant in Calgary for private companies and accounting firms to help clients in a variety of industries. I have accumulated significant experience in the hospitality industry and not-for-profit sector. Although I really enjoy accounting and tax, building relationships with clients and helping them succeed has been the most rewarding part of my career.
How can I help you?
Business
My business model is designed to help your business succeed while providing traditional accounting and tax services. See my suite of business services.
Not-for-profit
Not-for-profit organizations have different financial reporting standards and requirements than businesses. I can help you interpret your financial information. See my suite of not-for-profit services.
How can I help your business?
My goal is to help your business succeed. What are your goals? Do you know? You went into business for a reason. Do you remember why? Do you love making widgets? Do you want to build a company to pass on to your children, or sell it? Do you simply want to work for yourself and pay your bills? Whatever your reason, how you manage your business should reflect this. And just with any goal in life, your business needs a plan to help reach that goal. Are you are too busy with the day-to-day operation to do this? Or maybe you just don’t know where to start?
That’s where I come in. I will meet with you to determine your goals and how they relate to your business. We will then work together to develop a plan to meet those goals as well as key performance indicators so we can measure how the business is progressing. Once the plan is implemented, we will meet quarterly to assess the business’s performance. We can then build on successes or tweak the plan to increase performance further. I will hold you accountable and keep you on track.
While I’m there, I will prepare all of the traditional services that accountants do. Prepare “notice to reader” financial statements, corporate tax returns, T4/T5 returns, etc. If I can’t do it for you, I have access to a trusted network of professionals that can assist you.
Business services
Which one do you need? Give me a call to chat.
Business packages
Customizable packages can include the following services:
- Planning meeting to analyze goals and develop key performance indicators and cash flow requirements
- Quarterly meetings to assess progress towards goals and identify required adjustments
- Preparation of annual "Notice to Reader" financial statements
- Preparation and filing of corporate tax returns
- Annual meeting to discuss key financial statement items, cash flow analysis and set goals and a plan to meet them for the upcoming year
Individual business services
Compilation (Notice to Reader)
Financial statements prepared from your records
Audit and Review engagements
Audited or reviewed financial statements for private companies, trust account audits
Cash flow and financial forecasts
Preparation of cash flow and financial forecasts for internal use or as required by financial institutions
Tax
Corporate tax returns, T4/T5 returns
How can I help your not-for-profit organization?
Not-for-profit organizations present many unique challenges. There are different financial reporting standards, tax compliance rules and an added layer of transparency required. And yet, many times, those making the decisions in these organizations are volunteers and/or may lack financial experience.
The goals of your organization are important to our society. That is why I want to help you interpret your financial statements and understand your accounting system so that you have the correct information to manage your scarce resources efficiently and ultimately make our community a better place.
Not-for-profit services
Which one do you need? Give me a call to chat.
Presentations
How to read and utilize not-for-profit financial statements
Designed to help management and boards who need to understand the different financial reporting standards required for NPOs in order to make informed decisions. The content can be presented in general terms or tailored to your organization’s financial statements
Internal Controls
An introduction to the concept of internal controls and how to implement them to safeguard assets and help detect fraud and error in your organization
Introduction to not-for-profit accounting
An introduction to the methods required to properly account for not-for-profit specific transactions such as grant funding and donations
Audit assistance
Do you find the audit process stressful and time consuming? I can help your organization prepare for your annual audit and assist in communicating with your third party auditors to ensure the audit proceeds as efficiently and stress free as possible for your team
Cash flow analysis
Have you noticed that your excess of revenue over expenses does not equate to the cash remaining in your bank account? Not-for-profit reporting standards make it difficult to analyze where the cash comes from and goes in your organization. I can show you how to analyze, plan and track the cash flow that is vital to your organization's success
Annual services
Audit and Review engagements
Audited or reviewed financial statements, audits of financial statement items or compliance with agreements
Compilation (Notice to Reader)
Financial statements prepared from your records
Compliance
Preparation of corporate tax returns, charity returns and not-for-profit information returns
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Don Pryznyk, CPA, CA
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