Bookkeeper for Picture Butte businesses
The Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada
Picture Butte calls itself the Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada, and it sits in the middle of Feedlot Alley, a roughly 500 km² stretch of feedlots. On the 2016 census day, Lethbridge County counted 543,566 cattle and calves.
The town’s own economy today is mostly small service, warehousing and wholesale businesses; the Canadian Sugar Factory that once stood here closed in 1978, though the town is still one of the sugar beet receiving stations each fall.
If your business supports the feedlots, through trucking, equipment repair, feed and supply or the trades, your books probably carry a lot of fuel, parts and supplier statements. That’s where monthly reconciliation earns its keep.
Bookkeeping services for Picture Butte businesses
- Catch-up & cleanup bookkeepingMonths of fuel and parts receipts? I’ll reconcile them and bring the books current.
- Monthly bookkeepingSupplier statements and fuel matched every month, so costs are clear.
- Payroll servicesDrivers and shop staff paid correctly, with remittances on time.
- GST filingGST on fuel, parts and services reconciled and filed for your period.
Local details worth knowing
A few things specific to the area:
- County tax on feeding operations
- Lethbridge County levies a per-head tax on confined feeding operations, introduced in 2016 and upheld by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
- Getting there
- Highways 25 and 519 serve the town.
- Business licence
- the Town of Picture Butte issues business licences; contact the Town office for current requirements and fees.
- Records
- whatever your business, the CRA generally expects records to be kept for six years after the end of the tax year they relate to.
Working together from Picture Butte
Picture Butte is about 27 km from Lethbridge, up Highway 25, so the work is remote day to day, with visits easy to arrange when a stack of paperwork needs sorting in person.
If you run trucks or equipment, see my pages on trucking and auto and equipment repair for what I keep track of.
And if the fall beet harvest is your busiest stretch, we can plan any catch-up or year-end work for the quieter months that follow, so it never competes with the season.
Questions from Picture Butte
Do you work with businesses in Picture Butte?
Yes. Most of the work is remote, and Picture Butte is about 27 km from Lethbridge, so in-person visits are easy to arrange.
Do you work with farms and feedlots directly?
My focus is small, owner-operated businesses, including the trucking, repair, supply and trades businesses around the feedlots. If you run a farm operation, tell me about it when you get in touch and I’ll be honest about whether I’m the right fit.
Do I need a Town of Picture Butte business licence?
The Town of Picture Butte issues business licences. Contact the Town office for current requirements and fees, and keep the licence and its renewal date in your books.
I haul for feedlots. What should my books keep track of?
Fuel and repairs by truck, payments from each customer, and, if you cross provincial or state lines, fuel and distance by jurisdiction for IFTA. Kept monthly, those records show what each truck actually costs to run.
Let’s get your books level.
Tell me where things stand, even if it’s messy, and I’ll tell you honestly what it’ll take to catch up and keep it that way. Every quote is confirmed after a free review of your books.
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