When to register for and start charging the GST/HST

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When to register for and start charging the GST/HST

Effective June 17, 2024, individuals with a SIN that starts with the number 9 can now use the Business Registration Online service to register and instantly obtain a business number and a GST/HST account.

Find out if you have to register for a GST/HST account

You generally cannot register for a GST/HST account if you provide only exempt supplies .

You have to register for a GST/HST account if both situations apply:

You are not a small supplier
You make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada (unless your only taxable supplies are of real property sold other than in the course of a business)

If you are a selected listed financial institution that is making a reporting entity, consolidated filing or tax adjustment transfer election, see GST/HST Notice 265, GST/HST Registration for Listed Financial Institutions (including Selected Listed Financial Institutions).

Use the following sections to determine if you are a small supplier to find out if you have to register.

Most businesses

Use the following table to find out:

if you are a small supplier
if you have to register for the GST/HST
your effective date of registration

Small supplier limit calculation for most businesses

If	Then	What you need to do
You do not exceed the $30,000 threshold^{Footnote 1} over four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 2}	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You exceed the $30,000 threshold¹ in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 2}	You are no longer a small supplier and have to charge GST/HST on the supply that made you exceed $30,000 within the calendar quarter.	You must register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed $30,000. You have to start charging GST/HST on the supply that made you exceed $30,000.
You exceed the $30,000 threshold¹ over the previous four (or fewer) consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 2}	You are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $30,000.	You have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration is no later than the beginning of the month after you are no longer a small supplier. You have to start charging GST/HST on your taxable supplies starting on your effective date of registration.

Then

What you need to do

You do not exceed the $30,000 threshold^{Footnote 1} over four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 2}

You are a small supplier.

You do not have to register.

You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada.

Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).

You exceed the $30,000 threshold¹ in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 2}

You are no longer a small supplier and have to charge GST/HST on the supply that made you exceed $30,000 within the calendar quarter.

You must register for the GST/HST.

Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed $30,000.

You have to start charging GST/HST on the supply that made you exceed $30,000.

You exceed the $30,000 threshold¹ over the previous four (or fewer) consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 2}

You are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $30,000.

You have to register for the GST/HST.

Your effective date of registration is no later than the beginning of the month after you are no longer a small supplier.

You have to start charging GST/HST on your taxable supplies starting on your effective date of registration.

Examples

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $30,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

On February 1, 2020, you started a business that sells candles. You made the following sales:

Calculation – Example 1

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$2,000
Second quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$10,000
Third quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$12,000
Fourth quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$5,000
Total	$29,000

You are a small supplier in 2020 because you did not exceed the $30,000 threshold in four consecutive calendar quarters. You are still a small supplier in the first quarter of 2021, unless you exceed the $30,000 threshold in that one quarter.

Example 2 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold in one quarter

On January 1, 2020, you started a consulting business. You made the following revenue from your taxable services.

Calculation – Example 2

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$2,000
Second quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$10,000
Third quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$38,000

You stopped being a small supplier the day you exceed the $30,000 threshold in one calendar quarter.
Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed the $30,000 threshold in the quarter.
You have to start charging the GST/HST on your date of registration, including on the sale that made you exceed the $30,000 threshold.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 3 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold in two consecutive calendar quarters

On November 1, 2019, you opened a retail store. You made the following taxable sales:

Calculation – Example 3

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$25,000
Second quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$25,000
Total	$50,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $ 8,000.

Your first sale after April was on May 1, 2020.

You stopped being a small supplier on April 30, 2020, because that day is the end of the month after the quarter you exceed the $30,000 threshold.
Your effective date of registration is no later than May 1, 2020. That day is when you made your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier.
You have to start charging GST/HST on your date of registration.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 4 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold amount within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

On June 1, 2019, you started a business selling baseball caps. You made the following sales:

Calculation – Example 4

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$2,000
Second quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$10,000
Third quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$12,000
Fourth quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$8,000
Total	$32,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $ 4,500.

Your first sale after April was on May 2, 2020.

You stopped being a small supplier on April 30, 2020, because that day is the end of the month after the quarter you exceed the $30,000 threshold.
Your effective date of registration is no later than May 1, 2020. That day is when you made your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier.
You have to start charging the GST/HST on your date of registration.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Footnotes

Footnote 1

If you are a sole proprietor, include the total amount of all revenues (before expenses) from your worldwide taxable supplies from all your businesses and those of your associates (if they were associated at the beginning of the particular calendar quarter).

If you are a partnership or a corporation, include the total amount of all revenues (before expenses) from your worldwide taxable supplies and those of your associates (if they were associated at the beginning of the particular calendar quarter).

In determining the total amount of revenues from taxable supplies (including zero-rated supplies ) of property and services made inside and outside Canada by you and your associates, do not include revenues from supplies of financial services, sales of capital property , and goodwill from the sale of a business.

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Footnote 2

Calendar quarter means a period of three months beginning on the first day of January, April, July, or October in each calendar year.

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Charities and public institutions

Use the following two tables to see if you are a small supplier under either of the following tests:

You do not have to be registered for the GST/HST to be eligible for a public service bodies rebate.

When determining its status under these tests, a charity has to consider its activities as a whole.

$250,000 gross revenue test

If	Then	What you need to do
You are in your first fiscal year.	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You are in your second fiscal year and the gross revenue from your first fiscal year is $250,000 or less.^{Footnote 3}	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You are in your third fiscal year and the gross revenue for either or both of your previous two fiscal years is $250,000 or less.^{Footnote 3}	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You are in your second fiscal year and the gross revenue from your first fiscal year is more than $250,000.^{Footnote 3}	Under this test, you are not a small supplier. Use the $50,000 taxable supplies test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.	If you are not a small supplier under either test you have to register for the GST/HST.
You are in your third fiscal year and the gross revenues for both of your previous two fiscal years is more than $250,000.^{Footnote 3}	Under this test, you are not a small supplier. Use the $50,000 taxable supplies test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.	If you are not a small supplier under either test, you have to register for the GST/HST.

Footnotes

Footnote 3

Gross revenue includes:

income from a business, or from an adventure or concern in the nature of trade
gifts and donations
grants, subsidies, forgivable loans, and other assistance
property and investment income
any amount that is a capital gain from the disposition of property for income tax purposes
other revenue of any kind during the year, including revenue from both taxable and exempt supplies

Subtract any amount that is a capital loss from the disposition of property for income tax purposes.

Whether your charity is incorporated or unincorporated, you have to use the gross revenue of your organization as a whole (the legal entity) to find out if you qualify as a small supplier under this test.

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$50,000 taxable supplies test

You start charging the GST/HST at the beginning of the month after you are no longer a small supplier.

You have to register within 29 days after you make a sale other than as a small supplier.

Small supplier calculation for charities and public institutions (for taxable supplies test)

If	Then	What you need to do
You do not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} in four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 5}	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 5}	Under this test, you are not a small supplier. You are no longer a small supplier on the supply that made you exceed $50,000.	Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test. If you are not a small supplier under either test, you have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration would be no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed $50,000.
You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 5}	Under this test, you are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $50,000.	Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test. If you are not a small supplier under either test, you have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration would be no later than the day of your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier under both tests.

Then

What you need to do

You do not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} in four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 5}

You are a small supplier.

You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases or other supplies in Canada.

Your effective date of registration is usually the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).

You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 5}

Under this test, you are not a small supplier. You are no longer a small supplier on the supply that made you exceed $50,000.

Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.

If you are not a small supplier under either test, you have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration would be no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed $50,000.

You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 4} within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 5}

Under this test, you are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $50,000.

Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.

If you are not a small supplier under either test, you have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration would be no later than the day of your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier under both tests.

Examples

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

On January 15, 2019, your charity started making taxable supplies of goods and made the following sales:

Calculation for charities and public institutions – Example 1

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$7,000
Second quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$15,000
Third quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$17,000
Fourth quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$10,000
Total	$49,000

You are a small supplier in 2019 because you did not exceed the $50,000 threshold in four consecutive calendar quarters. You are also a small supplier under this test in the first quarter of 2020, unless you exceed the $50,000 threshold in that one quarter.

Example 2 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in one quarter

On July 1, 2019, your charity started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for charities and public institutions – Example 2

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$7,000
Second quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$15,000
Third quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$58,000

Under this test, you stop being a small supplier the day you exceed the $50,000 threshold in one calendar quarter. Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.
If you are no longer a small supplier under the $250,000 gross revenue test, your effective date of registration is no later than the day you exceed the $50,000 threshold in that quarter.
You have to start charging GST/HST on your date of registration, including on the sale that made you exceed the $50,000 threshold.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 3 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold in two consecutive calendar quarters

On November 1, 2019, your charity started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for charities and public institutions – Example 3

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$35,000
Second quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$35,000
Total	$70,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $12,000.

Your first sale after April was on May 1, 2020.

Under this test, you stop being a small supplier on April 30, 2020, because it is the last day of the month after the quarter you exceed the $50,000 threshold. Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.
If you are no longer a small supplier under the $250,000 gross revenue test, your effective date of registration no later than May 1, 2020. That date is when you made your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier.
You must start charging GST/HST on your date of registration.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 4 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

On May 1, 2019, your charity started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for charities and public institutions – Example 4

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$7,000
Second quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$15,000
Third quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$17,000
Fourth quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$13, 000
Total	$52,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $4,500.

Your first sale after April was on May 2, 2020.

Under this test, you stopped being a small supplier on April 30, 2020, because that day is the end of the month after the quarter in which you exceeded the $50,000 threshold. Use the $250,000 gross revenue test to see if you are a small supplier under that test.
If you were also no longer a small supplier under the $250,000 test, your effective date of registration is no later than May 2, 2020. That date is when you made your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier under this test.
You have to start charging the GST/HST on your date of registration.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Footnotes

Footnote 4

Include the total amount of all revenues (before expenses) from your worldwide taxable supplies (including zero-rated supplies ). You also have to include revenues of any of your associates .

Do not include financial services, goodwill , and sales of capital property .

If you have branches or divisions, you may want to review our information on how to apply to have each branch or division with $50,000 or less in annual taxable supplies designated as a small supplier division . For more information, see Form GST10, Application or Revocation of the Authorization to File Separate GST/HST Returns and Rebate Applications for Branches or Divisions.

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Footnote 5

Calendar quarter means a period of three months beginning on the first day of January, April, July, or October in each calendar year.

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Public service bodies

Public service bodies that are not charities or public institutions

Use this table to find out:

if you are a small supplier
if you have to register for a GST/HST account
your effective date of registration

Public service bodies that are not charities or public institutions

If	Then	What you need to do
You do not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 6} in four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 7}	You are a small supplier.	You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases or other supplies in Canada. Your effective date of registration is the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).
You exceed the $50,000 threshold ^{Footnote 6} in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 7}	You are not a small supplier. You are no longer a small supplier on the supply that made you exceed $50,000.	You have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration is no later than the day you exceed the $50,000 threshold. You have to start charging GST/HST on your effective date of registration.
You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 6} within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 7}	You are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $50,000.	You have to register for the GST/HST. Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier. You have to start charging GST/HST on your effective date of registration.

Then

What you need to do

You do not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 6} in four consecutive calendar quarters.^{Footnote 7}

You are a small supplier.

You do not have to register. You may choose to register voluntarily if you make taxable sales, leases or other supplies in Canada.

Your effective date of registration is the day you request your GST/HST account (or up to 30 days before that day).

You exceed the $50,000 threshold ^{Footnote 6} in a single calendar quarter.^{Footnote 7}

You are not a small supplier. You are no longer a small supplier on the supply that made you exceed $50,000.

You have to register for the GST/HST.

Your effective date of registration is no later than the day you exceed the $50,000 threshold.

You have to start charging GST/HST on your effective date of registration.

You exceed the $50,000 threshold amount^{Footnote 6} within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters (but not in a single calendar quarter).^{Footnote 7}

You are no longer a small supplier at the end of the month following the quarter in which you exceed $50,000.

You have to register for the GST/HST.

Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier.

You have to start charging GST/HST on your effective date of registration.

Examples

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

On January 1, 2019, your public service body started making taxable supplies of goods and services. You made the following sales:

Calculation for public service bodies – Example 1

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$7,000
Second quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$15,000
Third quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$17,000
Fourth quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$10,000
Total	$49,000

You are a small supplier in 2019 because you did not exceed the $50,000 threshold in four consecutive calendar quarters. You are also a small supplier in the first quarter of 2020, unless you exceed the $50,000 threshold in that one quarter.

Example 2 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in one quarter

On January 1, 2019, your public service body that started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for public service bodies – Example 2

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$7,000
Second quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$15,000
Third quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$58,000

You stopped being a small supplier the day you exceed the $50,000 threshold in one calendar quarter.
Your effective date of registration is no later than the day of the supply that made you exceed $50,000.
You have to start charging GST/HST on your date of registration (including the sale that made you exceed the $50,000 threshold).
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 3 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in two consecutive calendar quarters

On October 1, 2019, your public service body started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for public service bodies – Example 3

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$35,000
Second quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$35,000
Total	$70,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $8,000.

Your first sale after April was on May 1, 2020.

You stopped being a small supplier on April 30, 2020, because that day is the end of the month after the quarter you exceed $50,000 threshold.
Your effective date of registration is no later than May 1, 2020. That date is when you made your first supply after you stopped being a small supplier.
You have to start charging GST/HST on your date of registration.
You will have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Example 4 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

On April 1, 2019, your public service body started making taxable supplies of goods and services and made the following sales:

Calculation for public service bodies – Example 4

Quarter	Amount
First quarter (April 1 to June 30)	$7,000
Second quarter (July 1 to September 30)	$15,000
Third quarter (October 1 to December 31)	$17,000
Fourth quarter (January 1 to March 31)	$13,000
Total	$52,000

In April 2020, your sales totaled $4,500.

Your first sale after April was on May 2, 2020.

You stopped being a small supplier on April 30, 2020 because that day is the end of the month after the quarter you exceed the $50,000 threshold.
Your effective date of registration is no later than May 2, 2020. That date is when you made your fist supply after you stopped being a small supplier.
You have to start charging GST/HST on your date of registration.
You'll have to register within 29 days of your effective date of registration.

Footnotes

Footnote 6

Include the total amount of all revenues (before expenses) from your worldwide taxable supplies (including zero-rated supplies ). You also have to include revenues from all of the organization's activities and those of your associates .

Do not include financial services, goodwill, and sales of capital property. If you have branches or divisions, you may want to review our information on how to apply to have each branch or division with $50,000 or less in annual taxable supplies designated as a small supplier division . For more information, see GST31, Application by a Public Service Body to Have Branches or Divisions Treated as Eligible Small Supplier Divisions.

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Footnote 7

Calendar quarter means a period of three months beginning on the first day of January, April, July, or October in each calendar year.

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Non-residents

You may be carrying on business in Canada even if you do not have a permanent establishment in Canada.

Non-residents wanting to register for the GST/HST can fill out Form RC1, Request for a Business Number and Certain Program Accounts, and fax or mail it to your designated non-resident tax services office.

To get the mailing address, fax, or telephone number of the appropriate designated non-resident tax services office for your location, see Non-resident GST/HST enquiries. Use the following table to find out if you have to register for a GST/HST account.

Non-residents

If you are a non-resident and	Then	What you need to do
You make taxable sales related to the following: Cross-border digital products and services Sales of goods located in Canada Platform-Based Short-Term Accommodation	You may have to register for GST/HST.	See GST/HST for digital economy businesses: Overview. New
You make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies (including zero-rated supplies) in Canada in the course of carrying on business activity in Canada.	You have to register if you are not a small supplier.	For most businesses, see Small supplier limit calculation for most businesses. For charities and public institutions, see Small supplier limit calculation for charities and public institutions. For other public service bodies, see Small supplier limit calculation for public service bodies that are not charities or public institutions.
You arrange the sales of books, newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or similar printed publications in Canada or you offer such goods for sale in Canada, either through an employee or agent, or by means of advertising directed at the Canadian market, and send the publications by mail or courier to the recipient at an address in Canada.	You have to register if you are not a small supplier.	For most businesses, see Small supplier limit calculation for most businesses. For charities and public institutions, see Small supplier limit calculation for charities and public institutions. For other public service bodies, see Small supplier limit calculation for public service bodies that are not charities or public institutions.
You sponsor (host) a convention in Canada and more than 25% of the attendees are residents of Canada.	You have to register even if you are a small supplier.	See Open or manage an account – Register.
You make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies (including zero-rated supplies) of admissions in Canada for a place of amusement, a seminar, an activity, or an event held in Canada.	You have to register even if you are a small supplier.	See Open or manage an account – Register.
You do not carry on business in Canada (except if you make taxable sales, leases, or other supplies of admissions in Canada for a place of amusement, a seminar, an activity, or an event held in Canada).	You do not have to register.	See if any other situation in this chart applies to you.
You sell taxable real property located in Canada other than in the usual course of a business.	You do not have to register.	See if any other situation in this chart applies to you.

If your business is registered for the GST, it is also registered for the HST.

Non-resident with a security deposit

Generally, you have to provide a security deposit if you apply to be registered for the GST/HST and either:

you do not have a permanent establishment in Canada
you make supplies in Canada only through another person's fixed place of business

Exception

You have to estimate the amount of your taxable sales, leases or other supplies in Canada. Security is not required if your estimate is $100,000 annually or less and your annual net tax will be between $3,000 remittable and $3,000 refundable.

The security deposit would be:

for the first year the amount of security is 50% of your estimated net tax, whether positive or negative, during the 12-month period after you register
for the following years, the amount of security is 50% of your actual net tax, whether positive or negative, for the last 12-month period

The maximum security would be $1 million. The minimum is $5,000.

Your security may be in the form of one of the following:

cash
certified cheque
money order
a qualifying bond

Cash or cash equivalents (such as a certified cheque or a money order) may be used to pay other outstanding debts to the CRA at the time the security is released. CRA does not accept non-transferable bonds such as Canada Savings Bonds. For more information on the current security requirements, contact your tax services office.

Taxi operator or commercial ride-sharing driver

A driver who supplies taxable commercial ride-sharing services is deemed to be a taxi business for GST/HST purposes and has to register and charge GST/HST on their fares in the same manner as taxi operators.

If you are a self-employed taxi driver or commercial ride sharing driver, you have to register for the GST/HST even if you are a small supplier.

You are usually self-employed if you are in one of the following situations:

You own your taxicab/motor vehicle
You lease a taxicab/motor vehicle from an owner for a flat fee, either on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis
You lease the taxicab/motor vehicle from an owner for a percentage of fares

Your effective date of registration is the day you start supplying taxable passenger transportation services.

To find out if you are self-employed or an employee, you can request a ruling to have your status determined by using Form CPT1, Request for a CPP/EI Ruling – Employee or Self-Employed?.

Learn more: GST/HST information for taxi operators and commercial ride-sharing drivers.

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Find out if you have to register for a GST/HST account

Most businesses

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $30,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

Example 2 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold in one quarter

Example 3 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold in two consecutive calendar quarters

Example 4 – Exceed the $30,000 threshold amount within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

Footnotes

Charities and public institutions

Footnotes

$50,000 taxable supplies test

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

Example 2 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in one quarter

Example 3 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold in two consecutive calendar quarters

Example 4 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

Footnotes

Public service bodies that are not charities or public institutions

Example 1 – Did not exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in four consecutive calendar quarters

Example 2 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in one quarter

Example 3 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount in two consecutive calendar quarters

Example 4 – Exceed the $50,000 threshold amount within the previous four consecutive calendar quarters

Footnotes

Non-residents

Exception

Taxable supply

Permanent establishment

Supply

Zero-rated supplies

Associated person

Small supplier

Goodwill

Capital property

Exempt supplies

Convention

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