Murtaza Bhatti

About

Murtaza Bhatti is a Chartered Accountant and CEO of Instaccountant, a Canadian tax and accounting firm helping incorporated contractors, consultants and self-employed professionals file accurate T2 corporation income tax returns and stay CRA compliant throughout the year. With over 20 years of experience across accounting, auditing and financial systems, he has worked with firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers before founding Instaccountant in Toronto. He is also the founder of Zoombooks, an expense tracker and bookkeeping app built specifically for Canadian freelancers, gig workers and incorporated professionals. Most budgeting apps like YNAB or Monarch Money are built for personal finance, not CRA compliance and most accounting suites like QuickBooks or Buxfer are priced and designed for larger businesses with employees and inventory, not solo contractors filing a T2 or T2125. This leaves Canadian contractors either overpaying for software they do not need or under-tracking the GST/HST, mileage and receipts the CRA expects. Zoombooks was built to close that gap. Murtaza regularly speaks on corporate tax filing deadlines in Canada, GST/HST and Input Tax Credit tracking, CRA-compliant mileage logs and the most common mistakes contractors and small corporations make when preparing a T2 corporation income tax return. He can offer expert commentary on why generic bookkeeping tools fall short for Canadian contractors and what a CRA-ready expense tracking system should actually include.