Marketing Agency Accounting - Ontario

Agencies lean on freelancers and contractors, which raises classification and payment-tracking questions that are easy to get wrong. We keep that side correct and tied to your books, so a flexible team does not create a messy back office.

Agencies frequently discover, once the books are set up properly, that a marquee client is barely profitable while a quieter account carries the firm. Between retainers, project fees, pass-through media spend, and contractor costs, true client and project profitability is easy to lose. We structure your accounting so you can see it clearly - which tells you where to focus, what to reprice, and which work is quietly draining the team's time.

Agency billing rarely lines up with agency effort: retainers are paid ahead, projects bill on milestones, and media budgets flow through your accounts without being yours. Recognizing revenue as it is actually earned keeps your statements honest and your tax accurate - and gives you a real read on whether a given month was as strong as the invoices suggested. We set that up so the numbers reflect reality.

Agencies scale up and down on freelancers and contractors, which raises classification and payment-tracking questions that get messy fast. We keep that side clean and tied to your books, so the flexibility that makes agencies nimble does not create a back-office tangle.