Medical practices operate differently. Your accounting should reflect that.

We support Canadian physicians, specialists, and medical practice owners with tax planning, billing reconciliation, and corporate structuring tailored to their practice.

Most physicians outgrow their accountant before they realize it.

The provincial remittances arrive. The T2 gets filed. The practice keeps growing. And then an associate arrangement needs to be structured, a second location is being considered, or the question of what the practice is worth surfaces and there is no clear answer.

Most physicians are not running on bad finances. They are running on financial systems set up at incorporation that were never updated as the practice grew.

Wefinx works with Canadian physicians and medical practices to close that gap so the financial side of the practice supports growth instead of creating pressure behind it.

How We Support Canadian Physicians and Medical Practices

These are the areas where physicians need accounting built around how medical practices actually operate.

Medical corporation tax planning
Provincial college rules restrict who can hold shares in a medicine professional corporation. TOSI rules limit dividend splitting with family members not actively involved in the practice. Despite these constraints, real planning exists: salary versus dividend optimization, retained earnings strategy, HoldCo structures where college rules permit, health spending accounts funded through the corporation, and the small business deduction on the first $500,000 of active professional income. For physicians accumulating retained earnings, passive income monitoring is essential. The SBD grind starts at $50,000 annually and eliminates the deduction entirely at $150,000.

What changes:

Structure is reviewed against the rules in your province. Planning happens throughout the year, not at filing time.
Provincial Health Billing Reconciliation
Remittances from provincial plans, including OHIP in Ontario and equivalent plans across Canada, must be reconciled against submissions, adjusted for holds, clawbacks, and shadow billings, and separated from private pay and insurer income. Unreconciled remittances erode practice income quietly for years. Provincial health billings are exempt supplies under the Excise Tax Act, which affects HST/GST treatment across every other revenue stream in the practice.

What changes:

Remittances are reconciled monthly. Exempt and taxable revenue are separated so financials are accurate and HST/GST stays clean.
HST/GST on Medical Services
Provincial plan billings are exempt supplies. Cosmetic procedures, uninsured services, third-party assessments, and insurance medical exams are not. Practices with mixed revenue must track expenses by activity to recover input tax credits correctly. This is one of the most consistent sources of CRA audit risk in Canadian medical practices.

What changes:

HST/GST is applied correctly across every service type and input tax credits are fully recovered.
Multi-Location and Multi-Provider Practices
Adding locations, bringing on physicians, or expanding into uninsured services introduces cost allocation, consolidated reporting, and more involved tax structures. Provincial college shareholder restrictions mean each new physician may require its own structural review. Single-practice systems rarely scale without deliberate restructuring.

What changes:

Financial infrastructure supports the practice now and scales with it. Reporting gives visibility across every location and provider.
Associate and Locum Arrangements
Associates operating through a professional corporation invoice the practice directly. Independent contractors receive a T4A. Employed associates require payroll and source deductions. CRA increasingly scrutinizes contractor versus employee classifications in healthcare. A reclassification creates retroactive payroll liability, interest, and penalties. Locum arrangements raise additional questions around provincial billing registration.

What changes:

Arrangements are structured correctly from the start and CRA classification risk is managed proactively.
Practice Cash Flow and Working Capital
Provincial remittances arrive on fixed cycles that rarely align with ongoing overhead. Insurance claims follow separate timelines. Equipment purchases and staffing changes create capital demands that forward-looking cash flow visibility makes manageable rather than reactive.

What changes:

A rolling forecast accounts for billing cycles, insurance timelines, and upcoming capital requirements so growth decisions are not constrained by foreseeable gaps.
Medical Equipment and Capital Planning
Medical equipment carries specific CCA class designations that determine depreciation and capital cost recovery. Immediate expensing provisions for qualifying CCPCs make purchase timing a meaningful tax consideration. Whether equipment is purchased, financed, or leased affects both cash flow and tax treatment.

What changes:

Capital decisions are made with clear tax and cash flow implications. CCA optimization is built into the annual plan.
Practice Valuation and Transition Planning
Whether the goal is an associate buy-in, a sale to a group or clinic network, or stepping back from practice, the structural groundwork needs to be in place well before any transaction. LCGE eligibility requires preparation in advance. Patient base valuation, goodwill treatment, and the tax structure of proceeds require experience specific to Canadian medical transactions.

What changes:

You have a clear picture of what the practice is worth and a plan in place before the conversation becomes urgent.

Built for Canadian Physicians and Medical Practices at Every Stage

Professional corporation structuring, billing reconciliation, HST/GST support, and associate agreement guidance for solo and group family practices. Built around the operational and tax realities of modern family medicine practices.

Specialists with mixed provincial and private pay billing, including cosmetic, uninsured, and third-party assessment revenue. We handle the HST/GST reporting of mixed billing environments and the tax planning that specialist income levels require.

Physicians setting up their first professional corporation or restructuring after moving from locum to permanent practice. Corporate structure, T1 and T2 coordination, and a compensation strategy built around what you are actually earning and keeping.

Consolidated reporting, provider compensation planning, and multi-entity tax support for multi-physician practices and clinics. Built for healthcare organizations that require CFO-level financial oversight beyond traditional accounting.

What Our Clients Are Saying

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Bookkeeping, Tax, Accounting, and Advisory. All Under One Roof

Accounting, Tax, and Advisory Built for Medical Practices

Helping healthcare practices improve visibility, profitability, and long-term financial control.

Accurate monthly financials that track clinic performance, payroll, physician distributions, and operating costs with clarity.

Timely reporting that gives practice owners visibility into profitability, cash flow, overhead, and operational performance.

Corporate and personal tax planning for incorporated physicians, healthcare professionals, and medical practice owners.

Strategic financial guidance for practice growth, expansion planning, compensation structuring, and cash flow management.

We help medical practices strengthen the operational and financial drivers that improve long-term enterprise value and transferability.

Whether transitioning ownership, bringing in partners, or preparing for a future sale, exit planning starts long before the transaction itself.

Your patients get specialized care. Your finances should too.

Whether the priority is structuring your professional corporation correctly, reconciling provincial billings accurately, managing your tax position year-round, or preparing for a transition, we handle the detail so you can focus on your patients.

Questions We Hear from Physicians

Should I incorporate as a physician in Canada?

For most Canadian physicians whose net professional income consistently exceeds $100,000, incorporation offers meaningful advantages. The small business deduction reduces the corporate tax rate on the first $500,000 of active professional income to approximately 9 percent combined federal and provincial, compared to personal marginal rates of 47 to 54 percent at higher income levels. Provincial college regulations require all shareholders to be licensed physicians, which limits certain income splitting strategies. TOSI rules restrict dividend splitting with family members not actively involved in the practice. The right structure depends on your income level, province, family situation, and career stage.

What tax planning opportunities do incorporated Canadian physicians typically miss?

Salary-dividend mix reviewed annually rather than set at incorporation, retained earnings planning rather than defaulting to full distribution, HoldCo structures to manage passive investment income, health spending accounts to fund personal medical expenses through the corporation tax-efficiently, and CCA optimization before major equipment decisions. For physicians accumulating retained earnings, passive income monitoring matters because the SBD grind starts at $50,000 annually. For those approaching a transition, LCGE preparation requires structural work that needs to begin years in advance.

Which physician services are subject to HST in Canada?

Services billed through provincial health plans are exempt supplies under the Excise Tax Act. Outside that exemption: cosmetic procedures, uninsured services, third-party medical assessments, insurance medical exams, and most specialist consultations outside the provincial plan. Practices with both exempt and taxable services must track expenses by activity to recover input tax credits correctly. This is one of the most consistent sources of CRA audit risk in Canadian medical practices and one of the most avoidable with the right bookkeeping structure.

When does a medical practice need a Virtual CFO?

Common signals: no clear picture of profitability beyond aggregate billings, cash flow harder to manage than billing volumes suggest, a second location being considered without a financial model, an associate buy-in conversation without a valuation framework, or a lender requesting reviewed financials the practice cannot produce quickly. For Canadian medical practices billing $3 million or more annually, a Virtual CFO engagement is typically the most cost-effective way to build the financial oversight the practice needs.

How are associate and locum arrangements taxed in a Canadian medical practice?

An associate operating through their own professional corporation invoices the practice directly. An independent contractor without a corporation receives a T4A. An employed associate requires payroll and source deductions. CRA has increasingly scrutinized contractor versus employee classifications in healthcare where the relationship resembles employment. A reclassification creates retroactive payroll liability, interest, and penalties. Locum arrangements raise additional questions around provincial billing registration and fee assignment under the relevant provincial plan.