For Trinidad & Tobago and US or Canadian businesses
How healthy are your books, really?
Answer honestly. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing is stored, and the score updates as you go. Most owners are surprised by which section drags their number down.
Compliance self-assessment
Where does your business operate?
1 Books & records
Every bank and credit card account is reconciled monthly.
Your books are closed within 10 days of month-end.
Business and personal transactions are fully separated.
2 Filings & statutory
VAT returns have been filed on time for the last 12 months, or you are not VAT-registered.
Sales tax or GST/HST filings are current in every jurisdiction you operate in.
PAYE, NIS and Health Surcharge are remitted on schedule every month.
Payroll tax deposits and filings are made on schedule every period.
Your annual return to the Registrar and your BIR tax return are both up to date.
Last year's tax return was filed without a last-minute extension scramble.
3 Controls
Someone other than the person entering a payment approves it.
Banking and accounting systems all require multi-factor authentication.
Receipts and invoices are attached to the transactions they support.
4 Reporting & insight
You receive a profit and loss and a balance sheet every month.
You can see your cash position and a forward view at least eight weeks out.
You could produce lender-ready statements within a week if asked.
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Your compliance score
0
out of 100
Answer the questions
Your score appears here as you work through the twelve questions.
Fix these first
This scorecard is a general self-assessment for planning purposes, not tax or legal advice. It does not account for every obligation that may apply to your business. We confirm the requirements that actually apply to you as part of onboarding.
Score lower than you expected?
That is the useful outcome. Send us the number and we will tell you what it takes to move it.