DMCL Chartered Accountants

Tax deadlines have a way of arriving before anyone feels ready for them, which is part of why a chartered accountancy office earns its place in a working city like Port Coquitlam. DMCL Chartered Accountants keeps its practice at 700-2755 Lougheed Highway, on the stretch of the Lougheed that carries commuter traffic through the city. From an office like this, chartered accountants do the work individuals and businesses rely on them for: preparing returns, reviewing books, handling correspondence with the Canada Revenue Agency and planning around the life events that change a tax picture.

The chartered designation is worth noticing because it speaks to training and professional standards behind the advice. In practice that means the work is done carefully, kept current with changing rules and backed by someone who can answer for a filing if it is ever questioned. Clients of a firm like this typically bring a mix of personal returns, self-employment income, rental properties and small business ledgers. Because practices differ in where they focus, a sensible first conversation covers the services on offer and whether the firm is taking on new clients at all.

Anyone considering the firm should call to confirm what it offers, what to bring along and how far ahead to book when the season is busy. Bringing last year's return to a first meeting usually gives the accountant a useful head start.