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Accountant for Dietitians in Ontario and Across Canada

As a Registered Dietitian your clinical services are HST-exempt, so we keep your exempt and taxable revenue straight, file your employed or self-employed return, claim every deduction you are owed, and set up a Dietetic Professional Corporation when incorporating will save you tax. Whether you are a clinical dietitian on a T4, a private-practice RD on a T2125, a consultant who speaks and writes, or an incorporated dietitian, we handle your personal and self-employed filing, the exempt-versus-taxable HST, the College of Dietitians and liability-insurance deductions, the business-use-of-home, and the incorporation and salary-dividend planning when it pays off — with AFFORDABLE flat fees.

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A Registered Dietitian is taxed nothing like a nutritionist, and it starts with the HST: your dietetic and counselling services are exempt supplies, so unlike a non-RD nutritionist you charge no HST on your clinical work. The catch is the taxable side — corporate wellness contracts, public speaking fees, writing and media income, courses and product and supplement sales are taxable at 13% once you pass $30,000, and the exempt and taxable revenue must be split. On top of that you can be taxed three ways: employed on a T4, self-employed on a T2125, or incorporated through a Dietetic Professional Corporation. As a trusted dietitians accountant in Ontario, we specialize in self-employed dietitian tax filing and exempt-versus-taxable HST for dietitians, giving you AFFORDABLE flat-fee support that keeps you CRA-compliant and stops you paying more tax than you owe.

As experienced accountants for dietitians, we work with private-practice RDs, clinical and hospital dietitians, consulting and corporate-wellness dietitians, and media and education dietitians across Ontario, with year-round support. We tell you plainly what you can deduct, what you cannot, and the exact income level where incorporating a Dietetic Professional Corporation starts putting money back in your pocket.

Let us handle the numbers so you can focus on the clients and practice that actually pay you.

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Accounting That Understands How a Dietetic Practice Actually Works

A Registered Dietitian faces a tax reality no ordinary employee does. Your dietetic services are HST-exempt, but the moment you add consulting, speaking or product sales that revenue turns taxable and has to be split out. Depending on how you earn, you may be employed, self-employed or incorporated, each with its own deductions and rules. At Gondaliya CPA, we understand how a dietitian actually earns, what the CRA and the College of Dietitians of Ontario each expect, and how to keep every legitimate deduction across the GTA and all of Ontario.

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Your Dietetic Services Are Exempt

Unlike a nutritionist, a Registered Dietitian’s clinical services carry no HST and no input tax credits.

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But Your Consulting Is Taxable

Corporate consulting, speaking, writing and product sales are taxable at 13%, so the exempt and taxable revenue must be split.

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Employee, Self-Employed or Incorporated

A T4 clinical RD, a private-practice RD and an incorporated RD are taxed three different ways.

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The Professional Corporation

A Dietetic Professional Corporation, family shares and the passive-income rules decide your take-home and retirement.

Stay Compliant and Minimize Your Dietitian Tax

For a Registered Dietitian, staying onside with CRA and the College of Dietitians of Ontario while paying the least legal tax is one job. We keep every filing on schedule, split your exempt dietetic income from your taxable consulting, and claim every deduction the T2125 or T2 allows, so nothing is missed and nothing invites a reassessment.

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CDO & the Professional Corporation

A Registered Dietitian is a regulated, title-protected profession, and an incorporated dietitian must hold a Certificate of Authorization from the College of Dietitians of Ontario before a Dietetic Professional Corporation can operate. We set up the share structure the College and the Ontario Business Corporations Act allow, keep the corporation compliant with the CDO on renewal, and make sure the professional-corporation rules are respected so your Certificate of Authorization is never at risk.

HST: Exempt Dietetic vs Taxable Consulting

Your dietetic services are exempt supplies under Schedule V, Part II, so you charge no HST and recover no input tax credits on them, but corporate wellness contracts, public speaking fees, writing and media income and product and supplement sales are taxable at 13%. We track the exact point your taxable revenue passes the $30,000 small-supplier threshold, register you for the taxable side, and split the two streams so CRA cannot assess you on tax you never had to collect.

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Year-End Deliverables for Dietitians

At year-end a dietitian still needs proper income and expense records, a clean split of exempt and taxable revenue, and a completed Form T2125 — or a T2 with GIFI for an incorporated practice — that ties to your GST/HST returns. Where a lender is involved you also need CPA-compiled financial statements. Our team prepares every deliverable on time and in compliance, so your file is audit-ready and financing-ready.

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Tax Planning — Dietitian & PC Expertise

We know the moves that matter for a Registered Dietitian: T2125 versus a Dietetic Professional Corporation, the section 125 small business deduction, an Individual Pension Plan, and the section 85 rollover. We claim what survives a CRA review and flag what will not.

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Consulting — Exempt/Taxable HST Bookkeeping

Our bookkeeping is built for a dietitian. We keep your exempt clinical income separate from taxable consulting, speaking and product sales for HST, and apportion your business-use-of-home so every legitimate cost is captured.

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CRA Representation — Dietitian Audit & HST

When CRA questions your exempt-versus-taxable HST split, a T2200 employment-expense claim, or your home office and deductions, we prepare the response, defend your claims, and unwind anything non-compliant before it becomes a reassessment.

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Bookkeeping — Growth, Incorporation & Retirement

As your practice grows, we set up your Dietetic Professional Corporation, plan salary, dividends and family shares, and weigh an Individual Pension Plan so your retirement is funded tax-efficiently.

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Personal & Self-Employed Tax Filing for Dietitians

Employed T4 or self-employed T2125 preparation and T1 filing, accurate and CRA-compliant on every dietetic income line.

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Accounting & Bookkeeping for Dietitians

Reliable bookkeeping that splits exempt clinical income from taxable consulting, with clean records and monthly reporting.

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Tax Planning for Dietitians

Smart planning to reduce personal tax, weigh employed versus self-employed versus incorporated, and time a Dietetic Professional Corporation.

Catch-Up Tax Filing for Dietitians

File overdue T2125 or HST years, rebuild missing records, and get back into CRA compliance with accurate catch-up support.

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GST/HST Filing for Dietitians

AFFORDABLE HST filing that separates exempt dietetic services from taxable consulting and products, and registers you past $30,000.

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Tax Cleanup for Dietitians

Correct HST charged wrongly on exempt work or missed on taxable work, restate deductions, and bring every filing up to date.

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CRA Audit Resolution Services for Dietitians

Expert support to handle CRA audits, exempt-versus-taxable reviews, objections, and negotiations with confidence.

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CPA Compilation Report (Notice to Reader) for Dietitians

CPA-compiled financial statements that mortgage lenders and banks accept for a private-practice dietitian.

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Incorporation Services for Dietitians (Dietetic Professional Corporation)

Full incorporation of a Dietetic Professional Corporation, including the CDO Certificate of Authorization, share structure, and section 85 rollover.

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Catch-Up Bookkeeping Services for Dietitians

Rebuild years of unreconciled client billings and insurer remittances, split exempt clinical from taxable consulting revenue, and hand CRA clean practice books.

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US Corporation & LLC Tax Filing for Dietitians

Form 1120, treaty-based 1120-F and Form 5472 filings for a dietitian with US clients or a cross-border virtual practice.

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Voluntary Disclosure Program for Dietitians

Come forward through an RC199 disclosure on unreported practice income or unremitted HST before CRA opens a review.

Accounting & Tax Services Tailored for Dietitians

Real, practitioner-level CPA expertise for private-practice, clinical, consulting and media dietitians across Ontario — built for how a Registered Dietitian’s exempt dietetic income and taxable consulting actually work under ITA 18(1)(a) business-expense rules.

  • An employed clinical dietitian files a T4 with limited write-offs, so we claim only the employment expenses a signed T2200 supports, deduct your CDO membership dues on line 21200, and file the T1 by April 30 so CRA charges no arrears interest.
  • A private-practice RD is self-employed on a T2125, reporting your private practice fee income and the business-use-of-home portion under ITA 18(12), filed by the June 15 deadline; it cannot create a loss, so the unused amount carries forward rather than being lost to CRA.
  • For a mobile dietitian we claim vehicle and mileage on your T2125 at the logbook business-use percentage; file late and CRA adds the 5% plus 1% per month late-filing penalty, and a missing log lets a review deny the claim.
  • Your self-employed CPP runs at 11.9% of net income on Schedule 8, which we compute alongside the T2125 that reports your dietetic consultation fees, so the CRA balance owing is never a surprise and you are not underpaying into your own pension.
  • Where your employer signs a T2200 certifying your conditions of employment, we claim the eligible portion of your continuing education costs and Dietitians of Canada dues before the April 30 deadline, since CRA denies these without a signed form.
  • We build your chart of accounts in QuickBooks Online so exempt dietetic services and taxable consulting sit in separate revenue streams, because CRA needs that split the moment taxable revenue nears the $30,000 threshold and a blended ledger invites a full HST review.
  • We reconcile client payments in your Practice Better or Jane App software to deposits in Xero, so meal plan sales and group program revenue are captured against the $30,000 test in full, instead of platform fees shrinking the income you report to CRA.
  • Where your practice pays associate dietitians, we prepare T4A slips and track contractor fees in Wave, so CRA’s late-slip penalties of up to $100 per slip never land and your subcontractor costs are fully deductible against practice income at year-end.
  • We capture receipts through Dext and keep the six years of records section 230 demands, tagging your professional liability insurance and staff wages, then claim business meals at the 50% rate so nothing fails when CRA requests support for your T2125.
  • For a group practice we run the books in Sage 50, coding home office expenses and marketing costs correctly and reconciling monthly, so your December 31 year-end is a clean hand-off to the T2125 and CRA sees consistent records, not a rebuild.
  • We model your tax three ways — employed on a T4, self-employed on a T2125, or incorporated — because a Dietetic Professional Corporation pays 12.2% on the first $500,000 under section 125, so we pinpoint where staying unincorporated hands CRA thousands more.
  • Once profit exceeds what you draw, we plan the move to a corporation and the section 85 rollover of your goodwill, positioning the shares for the $1.25M lifetime capital gains exemption on a sale the College of Dietitians and CRA would otherwise tax.
  • For an established dietitian we weigh an RRSP against an Individual Pension Plan, because an IPP deducted on your corporation’s T2 beats the $33,810 RRSP ceiling past 40; without it CRA leaves corporate surplus taxed instead of funding your retirement.
  • We pay dividends to family shareholders only within the TOSI rules, reporting split income on Form T1206 where the exclusions are not met, because CRA reassesses a spouse’s dividends at the top 53.53% rate if they fail the excluded-shares and reasonable-return tests.
  • We keep retained profits invested so passive income stays under the $50,000 passive income limit each year, because every dollar above it grinds down your corporation’s section 125 small business deduction and pushes active income into the CRA general rate at 26.5%.
  • Unfiled T2125 years carrying your self-employed income lock your CRA My Account and freeze Canada Child Benefit payments, and the late-filing penalty runs at 5% of the balance plus 1% per month to twelve months, so we file the oldest year first.
  • Where you passed the $30,000 threshold on taxable consulting but never registered, we file the missing GST/HST returns for the taxable non-dietetic services, because CRA can assess the tax you should have collected plus interest going back years.
  • We reconstruct missing revenue from your Practice Better exports, e-transfer history and bank statements where no bookkeeping exists, then file a defensible T2125 for each unfiled year; coming forward first through the Voluntary Disclosures Program can secure 50% interest relief from CRA.
  • Where a prior bookkeeper’s error left corporate wellness contract income unreported, we submit an RC4288 taxpayer-relief request covering the ten calendar years before the application, giving CRA the chronology it needs to cancel penalties and interest.
  • A catch-up filing that reports income but ignores capital cost allowance overpays CRA, so we claim missed CCA on your Class 8 clinic equipment at 20% and Class 50 computers at 55% across every unfiled year, restoring the undepreciated pool you can deduct in future.
  • Your dietetic services as a Registered Dietitian are exempt under Schedule V, Part II, so you charge no HST and claim no input tax credits — unlike a non-RD nutritionist whose work is taxable — and CRA can make you repay 13% wrongly billed on exempt care.
  • The moment your taxable revenue from public speaking fees and writing and media income passes $30,000 across four quarters, you must register and charge 13% HST on taxable services, so we pinpoint the quarter you cross and file before CRA assesses tax you never collected.
  • On the taxable side we claim input tax credits at 13% on the costs behind your product and supplement sales — never on exempt clinical work — and file accurate GST/HST returns, because claiming ITCs against exempt dietetic income is what triggers a CRA reassessment.
  • We set up your GST/HST returns in QuickBooks Online so exempt dietetic revenue and taxable consulting are reported separately every quarter, with the $30,000 small-supplier test monitored, giving CRA a clean line 101 and stopping the exempt-versus-taxable errors that put a dietitian file under review.
  • When you register for the taxable side we set your reporting period, file every annual GST/HST return within three months of your fiscal year-end and reconcile it to your Wave books, because a late return still carries CRA penalties.
  • Where a previous preparer charged 13% HST on your exempt dietetic services, we correct the returns and handle the refund of tax collected in error, because CRA can hold you liable for amounts billed as HST even on supplies that were never taxable.
  • Where consulting or speaking income should have carried HST but did not, we register you retroactively, remit the tax due and amend the GST/HST returns, so the $30,000 crossing you missed does not become a CRA assessment with interest stacked on top.
  • We restate home-office claims taken at 100% of household costs down to the defensible portion under ITA 18(12), filing a T1 adjustment before CRA does it and adds the gross-negligence penalty of 50% of the tax on the overclaim.
  • We reclassify personal costs run through the practice — family groceries, personal travel, home renovations — and file an amended T2125 in QuickBooks Online, since one denied category in a CRA review can trigger the 50% gross-negligence penalty across three prior years.
  • We correct GST/HST returns where input tax credits were claimed on exempt or personal purchases, filing the adjustment inside the four-year window in Xero rather than waiting for CRA to find it and pile on interest.
  • When CRA reviews your exempt-versus-taxable HST split, we present the documentation showing which revenue is exempt dietetic care and which is taxable consulting at 13%, so the review closes without an assessment on income that was never taxable.
  • In a T2200 employment-expense audit we produce the signed conditions-of-employment form, your professional dues receipts and pay records, because CRA disallows 100% of what an employed dietitian claims when the form is missing or unsigned.
  • In a home-office review we defend your business-use-of-home percentage on the T2125 with a floor-plan measurement, utility bills and the Xero expense report, filing inside the 30-day query-letter deadline, since a claim disallowed for missing records cannot be restored at objection.
  • Where CRA challenges consecutive losses from a start-up private practice, we build the reasonable-expectation-of-profit case with your business plan, revenue trend and QuickBooks Online reports, defending the T2125 deductions so a non-capital loss carryforward good for 20 years is not denied.
  • Where an audit penalty stems from documented hardship or a former preparer’s mistake, we pursue relief on Form RC4288, and file a Notice of Objection within the 90-day limit when the CRA reassessment itself is wrong, protecting your right to the Tax Court.
  • We prepare CSRS 4200 compilation-engagement financial statements for your private practice, tied to the T2125 you filed with CRA, because when your largely HST-exempt income has no T4 and two years of T1 returns cannot verify it, the mortgage is refused without them.
  • Your compiled statement of financial position shows practice equipment at net book value, receivables and owner’s capital for the two most recent fiscal years from your QuickBooks Online trial balance, so a lender can approve up to 80% loan-to-value a bare T2125 cannot show.
  • We compile the statement of operations across two fiscal years from your Sage 50 ledger, tied to the T2125 filed with CRA, so a lender sees a stable trend rather than swings that cut your approved amount by 20%.
  • The required CSRS 4200 communication states no audit or review was performed; the notes set out the basis of accounting and any shareholder loan on Schedule 50 of the T2 from your Wagepoint records, without which a bank rejects the file in its 30-day window.
  • We deliver compiled statements within 30 days of your complete records and the year’s T2125, because a self-employed dietitian’s mortgage or equipment-financing approval collapses when the lender’s conditional offer expires before the file is ready, even as CRA’s filing deadline looms.
  • We incorporate your Dietetic Professional Corporation and obtain the Certificate of Authorization from the College of Dietitians of Ontario, renewed annually; without it the corporation cannot bill a client and 100% of your income stays taxed personally instead of at the corporate T2 rate.
  • We register the corporation’s CRA Business Number, its GST/HST account for the taxable consulting side and a payroll account through Wagepoint, then close the old accounts so you never report income twice or charge HST on the exempt 100% of your clinical work.
  • Once incorporated, your active dietetic income is taxed at just 12.2% on the first $500,000 under the section 125 small business deduction, letting you leave surplus in the corporation to invest instead of losing it to CRA’s 53.53% top personal rate.
  • We complete the section 85 rollover to move your goodwill and clinic equipment into the corporation at elected amounts, deferring the capital gain a sale would trigger for CRA, and set a first year-end up to 53 weeks out to defer the initial T2 filing.
  • We design voting and non-voting share classes so dividends reach family shareholders within the TOSI rules, and we set your salary-versus-dividend mix to build RRSP room at 18% of earned income, so CRA cannot reassess the split income at the top rate.
  • We rebuild months of unposted client billings from your Jane App ledger, extended health insurer remittances and e-transfer records, then age the receivables so unpaid counselling packages are chased instead of quietly written off at year-end.
  • Back-year revenue gets recoded into two streams, exempt dietetic counselling under Schedule V, Part II and taxable corporate wellness, speaking and supplement sales, after which we reverse the input tax credits your old ledger claimed against the exempt side.
  • Eighteen months of card charges are re-sorted into deductible practice costs — CDO dues, liability insurance, meal-plan software, continuing education — with personal grocery and household spending pulled out before the numbers ever reach a return.
  • Associate dietitians paid as contractors and any admin staff on payroll are caught up slip by slip, with source deductions remitted and T4 and T4A filings brought current so late-slip charges stop accumulating.
  • Once each fiscal year balances, we file the outstanding T2125 or T2 returns and the GST/HST returns owing on the taxable stream, including any year your non-clinical revenue crossed the $30,000 small-supplier threshold unnoticed.
  • A dietitian who incorporates a US entity to sell meal-plan programs and group coaching to American subscribers files Form 1120 each year at the 21% federal rate, on top of the Canadian T2 reporting that same worldwide practice income.
  • Where your virtual consults reach US clients but you keep no fixed base there, we file a protective Form 1120-F with a treaty-based return position under Article V, so the IRS sees business profits properly taxed only in Canada.
  • Any 25% foreign-owned US corporation behind your practice must attach Form 5472 disclosing reportable transactions with you as the Canadian shareholder, and the IRS penalty for a missed or late filing starts at $25,000 per form per year.
  • A US LLC is the trap, because the IRS treats it as flow-through while CRA sees a corporation, so the tax you personally paid south of the border can be stranded and denied as a foreign tax credit here.
  • We also test state-level exposure, since economic nexus from remote counselling subscribers or a US-based corporate wellness contract can create a state income or sales tax filing even where the federal treaty position shields you entirely.
  • We prepare Form RC199 with a full schedule of the years and amounts at issue, filed to the CRA dedicated disclosure centre alongside the supporting practice records, so your application is complete on arrival rather than bounced back.
  • Acceptance turns on five conditions: the disclosure must be voluntary before any CRA contact, complete, involve a penalty or the risk of one, cover information at least one year overdue, and include payment of the estimated tax owing.
  • Common dietitian disclosures cover cash counselling fees never deposited and HST never remitted on the taxable side once speaking, media and supplement revenue passed $30,000 — never on the exempt clinical work, which carries no tax to remit.
  • Where you drew from your Dietetic Professional Corporation without recording salary or dividends, we disclose the shareholder-loan balances left outstanding beyond the second year-end before CRA reassesses them as income in the year they were withdrawn.
  • We argue the general track wherever the facts support it, since it cancels penalties and grants partial interest relief, while deliberate concealment is routed to the limited track that waives gross-negligence penalties but leaves interest fully payable.

Dietitian Tax & HST Check

Six quick questions on how you are taxed, your exempt and taxable revenue, your deductions and whether it is time to incorporate. No fee shown.

1. Are you employed on a T4, self-employed on a T2125, or incorporated?

2. Are you splitting your exempt dietetic income from taxable consulting?

3. Have you registered for HST on the taxable side past $30,000?

4. Are you claiming your CDO dues and professional liability insurance?

5. Are you claiming business-use-of-home expenses each year?

6. Are you considering a Dietetic Professional Corporation?

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Case Studies: Dietitian Accounting & Tax

Toronto Private-Practice RD — Dietetic Professional Corporation, Salary/Dividend & IPP

The problem: A busy private-practice Registered Dietitian was filing a personal T2125 and paying tax at Ontario’s top 53.53% rate on practice profit that had grown far beyond what she needed to draw. She had no corporation, no plan for the surplus building up, and no retirement structure beyond a small RRSP, even though her exempt clinical income and taxable program sales were both climbing.

What we did: We modelled the break-even, incorporated a Dietetic Professional Corporation with the CDO Certificate of Authorization, moved her goodwill and equipment across on a section 85 rollover, then set a salary-and-dividend mix within the TOSI rules and funded an Individual Pension Plan so active income taxed at 12.2% under the $500,000 small business deduction stayed working for her.

The result:

  • Saved $22,700 per year in combined tax
  • Deferred tax on surplus left in the corporation at 12.2%
  • Funded retirement through an IPP from pre-tax dollars

Mississauga Consulting Dietitian — Exempt-vs-Taxable HST Split & Business-Use-of-Home

The problem: A consulting dietitian was mixing exempt clinical counselling with taxable corporate wellness contracts and public speaking fees in one ledger, charging no HST on any of it. She had passed the $30,000 small-supplier threshold on the taxable side two years earlier without registering, and her business-use-of-home claim had never been calculated, leaving both an HST exposure and missed deductions.

What we did: We split the exempt and taxable revenue in QuickBooks Online, registered her for HST on the taxable consulting and speaking, remitted the back tax with an RC4288 relief request, and built the business-use-of-home portion under ITA 18(12) so every legitimate cost was captured going forward on her T2125.

The result:

  • HST corrected and penalties reduced under RC4288
  • Exempt and taxable books cleanly split every quarter
  • Business-use-of-home deduction captured for the first time

Ottawa Self-Employed Dietitian — T2125 Deductions, CDO Dues & Liability Insurance Captured

The problem: A self-employed Ottawa dietitian filing through a DIY program had never claimed her CDO membership dues, Dietitians of Canada dues, professional liability insurance or continuing education costs, and was reporting gross fees with almost no expenses. Her self-employed CPP at 11.9% on Schedule 8 was being overpaid because net income was overstated year after year.

What we did: We rebuilt three years in Wave, captured every deductible cost on Form T2125, corrected the returns through a T1 adjustment to claim the missed dues, insurance and continuing education, and recalculated her self-employed CPP so the contribution matched true net income rather than gross fees.

The result:

  • Saved $9,800 across three corrected tax years
  • Recovered overpaid CPP on restated net income
  • Every professional dues and insurance cost now captured

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Here’s a simplified process approach:
Step 1

Kickoff (Document Request)

Collect T4s or practice invoices, prior returns, any T2200, CDO and insurance receipts, home-office and mileage records, consulting and product income, and bank statements.

Step 2

First 30 Days (Setup & Split)

Set up QuickBooks Online or Wave, split exempt clinical from taxable consulting income, assess HST for the taxable side, and build your business-use-of-home schedule.

Step 3

Monthly/Quarterly Close

Reconciliations, receipt capture, the exempt/taxable revenue split, and GST/HST tracking on the taxable side.

Step 4

Planning Review

Employee versus self-employed versus incorporate, RRSP and IPP, and HST position reviewed before year-end.

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Year-End Close & T2125 (or T2) Filing

Income and expense records, financial statements, Form T2125 or a T2 for an incorporated practice, and CRA filing.

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We believe in clear, upfront pricing so you know exactly what to expect. All fees include HST.

  • Tax Preparation (Dietitian, T2125) — From $400
  • Tax Return Filing (T1 with employment or business income) — From $400
  • Tax Compliance Audit — FREE CRA audit support for our clients
  • Tax Strategy — FREE for our clients
  • Accounting Base Plan — From $100 per month
  • Bookkeeping Management — Free for our Accounting clients
  • Financial Reporting — Free for our Accounting clients
  • Business Formation — Flat $35
  • Incorporation Process — Flat $35
  • Entity Setup Assistance — Flat $35
  • Full-Service Payroll — From $125 per month

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Meet Your Lead Dietitian Accountant

Meet your lead dietitian accountant. As your dietetic-practice tax adviser across employed, self-employed and incorporated work, you deal with the same two people every year.

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Sharad Gondaliya, CPA

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Serving Dietitians Across Ontario

Our CPA team provides specialized accounting and tax solutions for Registered Dietitians throughout Ontario. We understand how a dietetic practice actually earns, why your clinical services are HST-exempt while your consulting is taxable, what CRA and the College of Dietitians of Ontario each expect, and when a Dietetic Professional Corporation starts to pay.

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Dietitian Accounting & Tax FAQs

Are my dietitian services HST-exempt?
Yes. As a Registered Dietitian your dietetic and counselling services are exempt supplies under Schedule V, Part II of the Excise Tax Act, so you charge no HST on that clinical work and recover no input tax credits on the costs behind it. This is the key difference from a non-RD nutritionist, whose services are fully taxable. The catch is your non-dietetic revenue: corporate wellness contracts, public speaking fees, writing and media income and product and supplement sales are taxable at 13% once that stream passes the $30,000 small-supplier threshold. At that point you must register, charge HST on the taxable side only, and split the exempt from the taxable revenue in your books. Getting the split wrong in either direction is exactly what triggers a CRA HST review. We set the two streams up separately, register you when the taxable side crosses $30,000, and keep both correct so you never over-charge on exempt care or under-collect on taxable work.
How is a dietitian different from a nutritionist for HST?
A Registered Dietitian is a regulated, title-protected health professional, and dietetic services delivered by an RD are HST-exempt. A nutritionist who is not a Registered Dietitian is not covered by that exemption, so those services are fully taxable at 13% once they pass $30,000. That single distinction changes how you invoice, whether you register, and whether you can claim input tax credits. We confirm your status and bill accordingly.
Should I incorporate my dietetic practice?
Incorporating a Dietetic Professional Corporation gives you a 12.2% Ontario rate on the first $500,000 of active income under the section 125 small business deduction, versus a personal rate reaching 53.53%. The benefit is real only when you consistently earn more than you draw to live on, because it is the surplus a corporation lets you defer. Incorporation also adds a CDO Certificate of Authorization, annual T2 filing and higher compliance cost. We model the break-even on your actual numbers rather than a rule of thumb.
Can a dietitian incorporate in Ontario?
Yes. Because a Registered Dietitian is a regulated profession, you can form a Dietetic Professional Corporation, but you must first hold a Certificate of Authorization from the College of Dietitians of Ontario before the corporation may provide dietetic services. We handle the incorporation under the Ontario Business Corporations Act, the CDO Certificate of Authorization, and the section 85 rollover of your practice into the company.
How are dietitians taxed, employed, self-employed or incorporated?
Three ways. An employed hospital or clinical dietitian files a T4 with limited deductions and needs a signed T2200 to claim anything. A private-practice RD is self-employed on a T2125 with business-use-of-home, vehicle, dues and insurance deductions and self-employed CPP at 11.9% on Schedule 8. A busy RD can incorporate a Dietetic Professional Corporation and be taxed at 12.2% on active income. We work out which one fits and file it.
What can an employed clinical dietitian deduct, and do I need a T2200?
An employed dietitian has limited deductions, and most require a T2200 signed by your employer certifying your conditions of employment. With one, you can claim eligible employment expenses, and you can always deduct your CDO membership dues on line 21200, your Dietitians of Canada dues and your professional liability insurance. Without a signed T2200, CRA disallows the employment expenses outright. We tell you what qualifies and get the form completed.
What can a self-employed private-practice dietitian deduct?
On a T2125 you deduct the costs of running the practice: the business-use-of-home portion under ITA 18(12), vehicle and mileage, CDO and Dietitians of Canada dues, professional liability insurance, continuing education, software subscriptions, staff wages and contractor fees. Your dietetic services stay HST-exempt, so you do not claim input tax credits on those costs. We capture every allowable deduction and keep the records CRA expects.
Can I deduct my CDO dues, Dietitians of Canada membership and liability insurance?
Yes. The professional dues you must maintain to keep your status, including your College of Dietitians of Ontario membership and Dietitians of Canada dues, are deductible, as is your professional liability insurance. An employee claims professional dues on line 21200; a self-employed RD claims them as business expenses on the T2125. We make sure none of these are missed, because they are among the most commonly overlooked dietitian deductions.
Do I charge HST on consulting, speaking or product sales?
Yes, once that taxable revenue passes $30,000. Corporate wellness contracts, public speaking fees, writing and media income and product and supplement sales are taxable at 13%, even though your clinical dietetic services are exempt. You register for HST, charge it on the taxable side only, and claim input tax credits on the costs that support that taxable work. We track the crossing and file the returns.
Should I pay myself salary or dividends from my professional corporation?
It depends on your numbers. Salary creates RRSP room, builds CPP and is deductible to the corporation; dividends avoid CPP and can be paid to family shareholders within the TOSI rules, reported on Form T1206 where the exclusions are not met. Most incorporated dietitians use a mix. We set the blend each year and keep any shareholder loan onside so CRA does not tax a withdrawal as income under the shareholder-benefit rules.
Should I set up an IPP for retirement?
An Individual Pension Plan can make sense for an established incorporated dietitian, because it allows larger deductible contributions from the corporation than the RRSP ceiling once you are past about 40. It converts corporate surplus into funded retirement savings on a tax-deductible basis. It is not right for everyone, so we compare it against an RRSP on your actual income before recommending it.
What records does CRA want from a dietitian?
CRA expects income and expense records that split your exempt dietetic revenue from your taxable consulting, receipts for every deduction, a business-use-of-home calculation, a mileage log for vehicle claims, and a signed T2200 for any employment expenses. You must keep them for six years under section 230. We set up the bookkeeping so the records exist before CRA ever asks.
How do I get started?
Book a free consultation and you will know your exact fees within two minutes. Call 647-212-9559 or email info@gondaliyacpa.ca.

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