Guide for Canadian Small Businesses

The Guide for Canadian Small Businesses provides useful information on a broad range of issues, such as how to set up a business, the GST/HST, excise taxes and duties, payroll deductions, and income tax.

Eligibility Criteria

The guide is targeted primarily at new and prospective small businesses.

Summary

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) introduced the Guide for Canadian Small Businesses to better respond to the information needs of small business.

What information does the guide contain?

The new guide contains information on:

• setting up a business;
• the goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax;
• excise taxes and duties;
• payroll deductions and remittances;
• income tax;
• audits
• objections and appeals; and
• how to get information from the CRA.

It also outlines the entitlements and obligations of small businesspeople and identifies programs that the CRA has to serve small businesses.

Quebec Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Canada Revenue Agency
Toll-free (information): 1-800-959-5525 (Business Enquiries and Registrations)
Toll-free (publications): 1-800-959-2221 (Forms and Publications)
Web site: http://www.cra.gc.ca/menu-e.html