Canadian tax and banking
GST/HST and QST registration, void cheques, transit and routing numbers: the Canadian reference a small business looks up.
14 guides
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How to register for a GST/HST number in Canada
Who has to register for GST/HST, the $30,000 small supplier test, how to register online with the CRA (or with Revenu Québec in Quebec), and what the number looks like once you have it.
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GST login: how to sign in to the CRA and file your GST/HST return
Where the CRA's GST login actually is, which account to use (My Business Account or Represent a Client), the ways to file a GST/HST return, when you need the four-digit access code, and the Quebec exception.
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How to read a void cheque: transit, institution and account numbers
What a void cheque is, how to read the numbers along the bottom (cheque, transit, institution, account), whether the branch number is the transit number, and where to get one without a chequebook.
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Bank routing numbers in Canada: format, transit and institution numbers
How a Canadian routing number is built from the institution and transit numbers, the paper and electronic formats, the institution numbers of the main banks, and where Payments Canada publishes the official lists.
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How to get a TD void cheque or direct deposit form
Where to find TD's pre-filled direct deposit form in the TD app and EasyWeb, which TD says can be used in place of a void cheque, and what the numbers on it are.
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How to get an RBC void cheque in the app or online banking
The steps RBC Royal Bank gives to download a void cheque in the RBC Mobile app and to view and print one in Online Banking, and what the three sets of numbers on it mean.
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How to get a BMO void cheque for direct deposit
Where the void cheque sits in BMO Online Banking and the BMO Mobile App, according to BMO's direct deposit quick start guide, and when to use CRA direct deposit instead.
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How to get a Scotiabank void cheque
Scotiabank's steps to view, print or download a void cheque for a chequing account in the Scotia app and in both versions of online banking.
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How to get a CIBC void cheque or direct deposit form
CIBC's steps to open the void cheque and direct deposit form as a PDF in CIBC Online Banking, and to view the cheque in the CIBC Mobile Banking app.
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How to get a National Bank void cheque
The three steps National Bank gives to download a void cheque from its online bank or the National Bank app, and what the numbers on it are.
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How to get a Desjardins void cheque in AccèsD
Desjardins' steps to get a void cheque as a PDF for an everyday account, in AccèsD on the web and in the Desjardins mobile services app.
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How to get a Tangerine void cheque or direct deposit info
Tangerine's steps to get a void cheque PDF for a Chequing Account on the web and in the app, and where to find the direct deposit details to share instead.
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How to get a Simplii void cheque or direct deposit form
Where Simplii Financial puts its pre-filled direct deposit form in online banking, and which numbers to give an employer if you would rather not use a form.
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How to get an EQ Bank void cheque
EQ Bank's steps to download a void cheque in the mobile app or online banking for direct deposit, plus its transit and institution numbers.