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Taxation and Business Number- Business Start-Up Assistant
- Your Information Site for Starting a Business in Canada
Quebec – Federal Taxes
This page provides information and resources on federal tax requirements for your business including guides on GST/HST, tax filing and payroll deductions.
Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
Federal Corporate Income Tax
Payroll Deductions
Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
Note: In Quebec, the GST is managed by Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
General Information and Guides
- General Information concerning the QST and the GST/HST-Guide for Registrants – Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
- GST/HST and QST – Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
- Documents concerning the GST and the QST – Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
Reporting and filing your returns
- Ministère du Revenu – Gouvernement du Québec
- When should you register?
- GST and QST
- Reporting QST and GST
- Remittance of tax due or refund
- Tax instalments
- Electronic services – Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
- Application for Registration (LM-1-VA) – Ministère du Revenu, Gouvernement du Québec
Specific Requirements
Federal Corporate Income Tax
- Tax: Businesses – Canada Revenue Agency
- T2 Corporation - Income Tax Guide – Canada Revenue Agency
- Where do you file T2 (for corporations) returns? – Canada Revenue Agency
- Businesses - Corporations (forms and publications) – Canada Revenue Agency
- E-services for business – Canada Revenue Agency
Payroll Deductions
- Employers' Guide, Payroll Deductions and Remittances – Canada Revenue Agency
- Becoming an Employer – Canada Business Service Centres
- Income Tax - Payroll Deductions – Info entreprises
- Payroll – Canada Revenue Agency
- Employee or Self-employed? – Canada Revenue Agency
- The Canadian Payroll Association
- Setting Up a Pay System – Info entreprises