Ottawa, Canada / Crypto tax & financial consulting
Most clients call me Kal Hawari. The filings read Khaled Hawari. Personal and corporate tax, bookkeeping, and CRA-compliant crypto reporting for Canadians, from Ottawa.
Languages
English / French / Arabic
Standards
IFRS 15 & 16 / Canadian GAAP
Education
uOttawa Hons. B.Com / Carleton B.Com
Coverage
All provinces, remote from Ottawa
Khaled Hawari is a tax and financial consultant and a senior technical project manager, based in Ottawa. Most clients call him Kal Hawari.
The centre of his work is a Canadian tax and financial advisory practice for Ottawa individuals, families and incorporated companies. Personal and corporate income tax, monthly bookkeeping, GST/HST, CRA audit support and voluntary disclosures, and cryptocurrency reporting all run through it. Because the practice operates remotely, the client list reaches across every province, and each engagement is handled directly rather than passed down a chain.
That practice is anchored in real corporate finance. Kal spent roughly eight years in Ottawa practice and then carried month-end close through a run of corporate acquisitions at Harris Computer Systems, folding IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 into the entities the group bought. It is why a small-business return or a crypto reconciliation from him is built the way a set of reported books would be.
He holds commerce degrees from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, works with clients in English, French and Arabic, and began his career inside the Canada Revenue Agency, on the review side of the tax system before ever preparing a return.
Alongside the tax practice, Kal leads technical delivery, data analytics and digital operations through Kodelytics Inc., an Ontario corporation in Kanata, and fractional finance operations for incorporated companies through KNA Group.
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The CRA wants your return by 30 April, or by 15 June if you or your spouse are self-employed, and it wants the money by 30 April either way. That split catches people every year, because the later filing date does not move the payment date. I prepare personal and corporate returns, do the crypto cost base work most preparers hand back, and answer the CRA letter myself when one arrives.
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Most of the bookkeeping work that goes wrong goes wrong quietly. A receipt under $150 that never captured the supplier's GST number, so the input tax credit behind it will not survive a review. A remittance posted on the 16th instead of the 15th. A quarter closed without noticing the sales tax money had already been spent. I close the month, reconcile it against the filings, and tell you what I found.
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Planning is worth paying for when a decision is large enough that being wrong about it costs more than the advice does. Incorporating. Buying out a partner. Taking a first employee. Selling. Most of these have a tax consequence that is fixed the moment you act and cannot be argued about afterwards, which is why the useful conversation happens before, not at the return. Each session is one decision, worked through with your actual numbers.
Offering a broad range of financial services, from auditing to subscription billing, powered by the latest software.
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5 out of 5 stars
Kal's attention to detail transformed our financial management.
5 out of 5 stars
Impressive analytical skills and dedication in class.
The six most recent pieces I have published here, on Canadian personal and corporate tax, CRA-compliant crypto reporting, and the accounting behind a small business.
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