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Income tax, GST/HST, and PST seminars for small businesses

(offered in English only)

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) offers seminars on income tax and goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST). Also, the CRA and the British Columbia (B.C.) Ministry of Small Business and Revenue have teamed up to offer seminars on B.C. provincial sales tax (PST).

CRA seminars - Income tax topics

income tax matters for sole proprietors, partnerships, and corporations
what to file
when to file
bringing assets into a business
goodwill
record keeping
capital cost allowance
expenses

CRA seminars - GST/HST topics (fewer topics are covered on dates when PST is offered-see dates listed in boxes below)

how goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST) works
who has to register
your obligations and entitlements
books and records
how to complete your GST/HST return
special situations
where to get help

British Columbia's Ministry of Small Business and Revenue - PST topics

what is provincial sales tax (PST)
what PST exemptions are available
who needs to register and collect PST
procedures for remitting PST
common vendor mistakes regarding PST
audit procedures
Taxpayer Fairness and Service Code
where to get information or help

Cost

All of the above seminars are free.

Location

Small Business BC
601 West Cordova Street
Seminar Room
Room 390, 3rd floor
(east wing of the Waterfront Station)

Registration

To register online, fill in the form below, and send it to us using the "Submit" button. Please complete a separate form for each participant.

* Required fields

* Last name:

* First name:

* Telephone1:

Telephone 2:

Email:

Seminar times (when PST is NOT offered)

Income tax
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

GST/HST
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Note
The income tax seminar is half an hour longer and the GST/HST seminar is a full hour longer, on dates when PST is NOT offered.

Seminar dates:

PST is NOT offered on the following dates:

Seminar times (when PST is offered)

Income tax
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

PST
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

GST/HST
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The income tax seminar is half an hour shorter and the GST/HST seminar is a full hour shorter when PST is offered. So on those dates, not all income tax and GST/HST topics are covered.

Seminar dates:

PST is offered on the following dates:

Please indicate which seminar(s) you want to attend:
Income tax, GST/HST and PST
Income tax and GST/HST
Income tax and PST
GST/HST and PST
Income tax only
GST/HST only
PST only

If you register and then find that you cannot attend, please tell us by calling 604-691-4125.

Your registration will be effective when you submit this form. We will only contact you in case of cancellation.

You can also register by telephone at: 604-691-4125 (voice mail)

More information

For enquiries about B.C. provincial sales tax seminars, please email the B.C. Ministry of Small Business and Revenue at taxseminar@gov.bc.ca or call 250-387-6737.

For B.C. provincial sales tax general enquiries, please email the Ministry at CTBTaxQuestions@gov.bc.ca or call them at 604-660-4524 (in Vancouver) or at 1-877-388-4440 (elsewhere in B.C.).

For more information about the CRA's income tax or GST/HST seminars, please email us at: SBS.PAC-VAN-Pender@cra-arc.gc.ca, or leave a message on our voice mail at 604-691-4125.

For all other business enquiries about taxes administered by the CRA, please call our Business Enquiries line at 1-800-959-5525.