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Registration becomes mandatory once taxable supplies pass $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters. Because the fee is fixed and budget-friendly, the economics stay predictable whether your file is simple or messy.
A few notes from the files we actually work on, because quebec qst registration is decided by details that never make it into a brochure.
Start with the rule that decides most files: A business making both taxable and exempt supplies can only recover input tax on the taxable side. The allocation method has to be reasonable and applied consistently.
There is a companion rule that changes how the first one plays out in practice: Zero-rated exports carry a 0% rate but still require proof the goods left Canada. Without export documentation the CRA reassesses the sale at the domestic rate. Then there is the matter of timing, which forgives very little: Closely related registrants can elect under section 156 to treat supplies between them as made for nil consideration. The election has to be filed with the CRA rather than signed and left in the minute book. An unfiled election means the inter-company charges were taxable all along.
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A restaurant group in Edmonton, Alberta needed a holding structure. It had to deal with input tax credits claimed on the exempt side of a mixed-supply business. The reorganisation was tax-neutral and removed $66,000 of annual exposure.
The structure at a restaurant group in Edmonton, Alberta needed fixing. The file was carrying input tax credits claimed on the exempt side of a mixed-supply business. Every option for fixing it ran through a reorganisation that had to be done without triggering tax. We worked with the client's lawyer. Together, we tested the quick method against the account’s actual input tax credit history and stayed on the regular method where the credits were worth more. We also prepared the elections, resolutions and valuations the structure needed to stand up. The structure now matches the business. Annual saving of $66,000, and the reorganisation itself was tax-neutral.
A $39,500 reassessment landed at a used-equipment dealer in Toronto, Ontario. It rested on nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. The objection was allowed in full.
A used-equipment dealer in Toronto, Ontario had been reassessed for $39,500. 10 days were left on the objection deadline. The reassessment rested on nil periods left unfiled, which held up the refund on the one period that mattered. We filed the objection inside the deadline with a complete submission rather than a placeholder. Alongside it, we self-assessed the tax on the real property acquisition in the correct reporting period and claimed the offsetting input tax credit in the same return. The appeals officer allowed the objection in full. $39,500 was reversed and the account returned to a nil balance.
A marketing agency billing outside its home province in Barrie, Ontario was 10 weeks from a deadline. The file also carried a sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly. Filing complete and on time avoided roughly $99,000 in penalties.
A marketing agency billing outside its home province in Barrie, Ontario came to us 10 weeks before its filing deadline. The file came with a sales tax account filed annually while the CRA had moved the business to quarterly. A late filing would have triggered a penalty of roughly $99,000 before interest. We worked backwards from the deadline. We set a defensible input tax credit allocation between taxable and exempt supplies and documented the method for future filings. We prioritised the items that actually gated the filing and deferred everything that did not. The return was filed on time and complete. The $99,000 penalty never arose, and the compliance calendar we set means the next deadline is scheduled rather than discovered.
The ledger at a wholesale food distributor in Red Deer, Alberta could not support its own filings. The reason was a registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered. Rebuilding it surfaced $17,000 in unclaimed input tax.
A wholesale food distributor in Red Deer, Alberta could not answer basic questions about its own numbers. A registration threshold crossed nine months before anyone registered sat between the bank statements and the ledger. We rebuilt the sales ledger by customer province and applied the correct place-of-supply rate to each stream. We filed corrected returns before the CRA opened a review. We then documented the process so the work does not depend on any one person remembering how it was done. Records rebuilt and reconciled, $17,000 recovered in input tax credits that the old file could not support, and a documented monthly process now in place.
A SaaS company with Canadian and US customers in Burnaby, British Columbia was overpaying instalments. The cause was a commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered. Rebasing them returned $88,000 to the business.
A SaaS company with Canadian and US customers in Burnaby, British Columbia was paying instalments calculated on a prior year. That year no longer reflected the business. A commercial property purchase closed on the assumption no tax applied because the vendor was not registered was tying up $88,000 of cash. We rebased the instalments on the current-year estimate rather than the prior-year default. Alongside that, we brought the nil and missing periods current so the account was clean before the refund claim was filed. $88,000 of cash stayed in the business, the penalty cycle ended, and the instalment position is reviewed each quarter against actual results.
A remuneration review at a construction supplier selling into three provinces in Surrey, British Columbia saved $47,000 across the corporate and personal returns. It found export sales zero-rated with no shipping documentation behind them.
Nothing was wrong at a construction supplier selling into three provinces in Surrey, British Columbia. The filings were on time and accurate. What they were not was planned. Export sales zero-rated with no shipping documentation behind them had never been reviewed. We assembled the export documentation, restored zero-rating on the qualifying sales, and reduced the proposed assessment. We ran the numbers across both the corporate and personal returns, so the saving was real rather than deferred into someone else's hands. $47,000 came off the combined corporate and personal tax bill, and the structure holds for future years without further work.
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Quebec QST Registration starts at a fixed fee quoted before any work begins. The quote is locked at the outset and does not change mid-engagement, and you pay only after you have reviewed and approved the deliverable. Compare every plan on our transparent pricing page.
At minimum: prior-year returns and notices of assessment, your bank and credit-card statements for the fiscal period, payroll records if you have employees, and GST/HST filings. We send a checklist tailored to your situation after the free 15-minute call.
Most engagements are completed within 3 to 5 business days once your documents are complete. Catch-up work covering multiple years takes longer, and we tell you the realistic timeline before you commit rather than after.
We respond on your behalf at no extra charge for any return we prepared. Every figure we file is supported by documentation retained in your file, which is what turns a CRA review from a crisis into correspondence. See how our CRA audit representation works.
Yes. Late filing penalties compound at 5% of the balance owing plus 1% per month, so the cost of waiting is real. We prioritise catch-up work and, where eligible, file under the CRA's Voluntary Disclosures Program to reduce penalties.
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In our files, this is the deciding factor: Registration is mandatory once taxable supplies pass $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters. Input tax credits require documentation that scales with invoice size. Unmatched input tax credits are the first thing disallowed in a sales-tax review, and the assessment covers every period reviewed. An accounting firm applies it to your numbers before submission.
The short answer comes straight from our working notes: A sale of real property is taxable unless an exemption applies. The vendor not being registered does not make it tax free. A purchaser that is a registrant acquiring the property for use in a commercial activity self-assesses the tax. It does so on its own return instead of paying the tax to the vendor. How that plays out on your file depends on the specifics, which is exactly what the engagement is for.
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No. Ontario folded its former retail sales tax into the harmonised sales tax, so a single HST replaces the old GST plus PST pair on most sales, and registered businesses charge it, remit it and claim input tax credits on their own purchases. A narrow provincial retail sales tax still applies in a few places, notably certain insurance premiums and benefit plans and private vehicle sales between individuals. Those are administered by Ontario rather than the CRA.
Yes. Canada's value-added tax is GST/HST. GST is 5% federally in 2025 and 2026. In participating provinces it is combined into HST: 13% in Ontario, 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island, and 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025. Registered businesses charge it on taxable sales and claim input tax credits on what they pay, so the tax lands on the final consumer.
No - basic groceries are zero-rated, taxed at 0% in 2026, so bread, milk, vegetables and most unprepared food carry no GST/HST. Zero-rated is not the same as exempt: a grocer selling zero-rated food still claims input tax credits on rent, equipment and other costs, which a supplier of exempt goods cannot. Snack foods, restaurant meals and many prepared items fall outside basic groceries and are taxed at the full rate.
Yes, in substance. The GST is a value-added tax: registrants charge 5% on taxable sales and recover the GST/HST paid on business inputs, so tax lands only on the value added at each stage. In participating provinces it is blended into the HST, at 13% in Ontario, 14% in Nova Scotia since 1 April 2025, and 15% in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Quebec runs its own QST of 9.975% alongside the 5% GST.
The federal GST is 5% for 2025 and 2026 and that part is the same everywhere, but the total you pay differs. Five provinces charge one combined HST instead: Ontario 13%, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island 15%, and Nova Scotia 14% since 1 April 2025. British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba add a separate provincial tax on top of the 5%, and Quebec adds QST of 9.975%.
Yes. Filing a T1 is required if you owe tax for the year, if the CRA asks you to file, and in several other situations such as disposing of property or repaying benefits. Paying assessed tax is a legal obligation, and interest and a late-filing penalty apply if you miss the deadline. For the 2025 tax year the personal deadline was 30 April 2026, with payment due the same day even for the self-employed.
Uncooked rice from a grocery store is a basic grocery, so it is zero-rated and no GST/HST is charged. Tax applies once rice is sold as prepared food: a restaurant dish, a heated takeout meal, or single servings sold ready to eat, at 5% GST or the local HST rate. Rice-based snack products are taxable as well. The CRA's basic groceries guidance shows where the line between the two sits.
No. You can file a late return at any time, and you should. For the 2025 tax year the deadline was 30 April 2026, so a return filed now is late: interest runs on any unpaid balance and the penalty is 5% of the balance owing plus 1% for each full month the return is outstanding, to twelve months. If you are owed a refund there is no penalty. Online filing for 2025 stays open until 29 January 2027.
No. GST/HST is calculated on the price of the food, drinks or service before any tip is added, and a voluntary tip is not a taxable supply of its own. Card terminals often calculate a suggested tip percentage on the after-tax total, but that is the machine's arithmetic, not a tax rule. A tip on a deductible business meal counts as part of the expense while carrying no tax to claim back.
A true operating lease is deducted as a current expense over the period it covers. An arrangement that is really a financed purchase is capitalised instead, and you claim capital cost allowance on the asset plus the interest portion of the payments. Passenger vehicle and some equipment leases face separate deduction limits. Accounting standards may put a lease on the balance sheet even where tax still treats it as rent, so the two figures differ. Check the CRA's business expense guidance.
There is no single percentage. Your employer withholds federal and provincial income tax based on your pay, your claim amounts and your province, plus CPP at 5.95% on earnings between the $3,500 exemption and the 2026 maximum of $74,600, and EI at $1.63 per $100 of insurable earnings to the 2026 maximum of $68,900. Federal rates for 2026 begin at 14% and rise through higher brackets, and each province adds its own. CPP and EI stop once the annual maximums are reached.
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Ex Big 4 — Ernst & Young, Deloitte · International & cross-border tax specialist · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program) · Chartered accountant, ICAI & MIA
Udit Gupta has over 15 years of experience helping corporations and business owners with corporate structuring, corporate tax filing, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST, cross-border tax and CRA representation. He is Big 4 trained, at Ernst & Young and Deloitte, and qualified as a chartered accountant in India and again in Malaysia. In 2014 he founded his accounting practice to serve entrepreneurs, startups and non-resident business owners across Canada. View full member bio.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India — member 521458 · Malaysian Institute of Accountants — member CA 44667 · Ex Big 4: Ernst & Young, Deloitte · CPA Canada (In-Depth Tax Program), completed 19 Dec 2023 · In-Depth GST/HST Part I, 12 Jul 2022 · Part II, 5 Jul 2023
Editorial policy. Every page is researched against primary sources — the Income Tax Act, CRA publications and CPA Canada guidance — and every rate or threshold is stated with the tax year it applies to.
Sources. CRA — GST/HST for businesses · CRA — GST/HST rates by province · Income Tax Act (Justice Laws Website)
