Khaled Hawari Ottawa

Finance & accounting

Kal holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University. His professional foundation was built through corporate accounting roles with a strong emphasis on IFRS 15 and 16, financial reporting, payroll, and end-of-period close processes.

Harris Computer Systems: navigating complex financial environments

During his tenure at Harris Computer Systems, Kal managed financial workflows through major corporate acquisitions, collaborated across business units to meet stringent reporting deadlines, and identified process improvements that delivered measurable cost savings. This experience sharpened his ability to operate with precision in fast-moving, high-stakes financial environments.

From corporate accounting to technical project management

Since transitioning into technical project management, Kal has served at Render Analytics, a Florida-based data analytics and digital marketing agency, where he was promoted to Senior Technical Project Manager in August 2026. He manages cross-functional teams across Google Ads, SEO, data pipeline, and dashboard development engagements, overseeing a diverse portfolio of clients across North America. This role deepened his command of data systems, analytics infrastructure, and digital operations.

Kodelytics Inc.

Kal is also the founder of Kodelytics Inc., an Ontario company based in Kanata that does the delivery and analytics side of his work under its own name: technical project delivery, paid media operations, analytics implementation, and reporting infrastructure for agencies and mid-market operators. It is a separate business from the tax and accounting practice described on this site, and the two are engaged separately. If that is the work you are looking for, it is at kodelytics.ca.

KNA Group

Kal is also the founder of KNA Group, a finance operations firm working with incorporated companies across Canada. Where this site is the tax practice, KNA Group is the finance function itself: month and quarter-end close, reconciliation and control design, the monthly management reporting pack, revenue and lease accounting under IFRS 15 and 16, and folding an acquired company’s books into the parent’s. It is the work Kal did inside corporate finance, offered on a fractional basis to companies that need the function without a full-time hire. Like Kodelytics Inc., it is engaged separately from the tax and accounting work described here, and it is at kna-group.com.

Canada’s tax treatment of cryptocurrency is complex, and the CRA is increasingly aggressive in auditing digital asset activity. Kal’s approach to crypto tax in Canada is grounded in both regulatory knowledge and real-world DeFi participation. He has hands-on experience with capital gains reporting, staking income classification, liquidity pool transactions, token swaps, and the corporate tax implications of holding digital assets through a Canadian corporation.

Who needs a crypto tax specialist in Canada

• You have traded, staked, or earned yield on cryptocurrency in any tax year
• You hold DeFi positions including liquidity pools, lending protocols, or governance tokens
• You operate through a Canadian corporation and hold crypto at the corporate level
• You have unreported prior-year crypto activity and need to come into CRA compliance
• You are unsure how your crypto holdings are classified under Canadian tax law

Canadian crypto tax rules: what you need to know

The CRA treats cryptocurrency as a commodity, not currency. Every disposition, including trades, swaps, staking rewards, and NFT sales, is a taxable event. Gains are reported as either capital gains or business income depending on the nature of your activity. Misclassification is one of the most common and costly errors Canadian crypto holders make. Kal helps clients correctly categorize their activity, calculate adjusted cost base across wallets and exchanges, and file accurately.

Working with clients across the country

Kal works with Canadian clients remotely from Ottawa, serving individuals and businesses across all provinces. His bilingual capability in English and French allows him to serve both anglophone and francophone clients, and his Arabic fluency extends his reach further. Engagements are conducted virtually, with secure document handling and CRA-compliant reporting outputs.

What a crypto tax engagement looks like

A typical engagement begins with a transaction history review across all wallets and exchanges. Kal then calculates adjusted cost base, identifies taxable events, classifies income type, and prepares a reconciled summary ready for T1 or T2 filing. Where prior years are involved, voluntary disclosure pathways are discussed.

The pages below are the practice itself: what Kal is engaged to do, where he does it, and what he has written about the questions Ottawa owners bring him most often. All of it runs through one practice, Khaled Hawari, tax and financial consulting in Ottawa.

• Personal and corporate tax returns
• Monthly bookkeeping
• Strategic planning sessions
• Ottawa, area by area
• Khaled Hawari on wealth management in Ottawa
• Khaled Hawari on financial risk for Ottawa business owners
• Khaled Hawari on the Ottawa housing market
• Khaled Hawari on the gig economy in Canada

The same person runs three other sites, each covering a different part of the work. This one is the tax and accounting practice. If you arrived here looking for one of the others, they are below.

• Khaled Hawari at Kodelytics Inc., technical delivery and analytics
• KNA Group, finance operations founded by Khaled Hawari
• Kal Hawari, the career record in order