Making a late payment

A late payment is any payment made after the due date.

Electronically

You may be able to pay electronically through your Canadian financial institution’s telephone or internet banking services. In addition, most financial institutions allow you to schedule future payments. For more information, see electronic payments or contact your financial institution.

At your financial institution

You can make your payment, free of charge, at your Canadian financial institution. Give the teller your completed GST58 (personalized) or GST426 (non-personalized) Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax Remittance form. The teller will detach the bottom part, then date stamp and return the top part to you as a receipt.

You must use the original form. Financial institutions cannot accept photocopies.

By mail

You can mail a cheque or money order payable to the Receiver General, along with your completed form GST58 or GST426 to the address listed in your package or on the back of your form.  We do not consider a postmark date as the date that we receive your remittance. The date used is the date we receive it.

If you make a payment by cheque that is not honoured by your financial institution (including a cheque on which you put a stop payment), we will charge you a fee.

We accept post-dated cheques.

For your security, Do not send cash by mail.

If you cannot pay

If you cannot pay your balance owing, you can make a mutually acceptable payment arrangement by calling our collections call centre at
1-877-477-5068. This service is available Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., local time. We will still charge daily compound interest, at the applicable prescribed rates, on any outstanding balance.