Tax for Ecommerce and Amazon Sellers
GST and HST registration and filing, corporate and self employed returns, and cross border sales handled with care. Every return is prepared and filed by a CPA, so your online business stays compliant and ready for CRA review.
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Selling online creates tax obligations most sellers miss
Between GST and HST registration, sales tax across provinces, marketplace collection, US and foreign sales, and a corporate or self employed return, ecommerce tax has more moving parts than most owners expect. We take the whole thing off your plate. Every return is prepared and filed by a Chartered Professional Accountant, so nothing slips through and nothing puts you at risk.
What online sellers ask us first
Do I need to register for GST or HST?
Generally you must register once your worldwide taxable sales cross $30,000 in a single calendar quarter or over four consecutive quarters. We confirm where you stand and handle the registration. See the CRA threshold rules.
Does Amazon collect the tax for me?
Under the CRA digital economy rules, marketplaces can be required to collect tax on certain sales. What the platform collects and what you still owe are two different things, and we sort out exactly which is which.
How are my US sales taxed?
Foreign and US sales interact with your Canadian return and your GST and HST differently than domestic sales. We make sure they are reported correctly on the right return.
Tax services for online sellers
HST and GST filing
Registration set up and returns prepared and filed on time, every reporting period.
Learn more →Corporate tax (T2)
Federal corporate returns for incorporated sellers, filed within six months of year end.
Learn more →Self employed returns
Returns for sole proprietor sellers, with online business write offs that hold up.
Learn more →Cross border and US sales
Foreign and US revenue reported correctly on your Canadian return and sales tax filings.
Learn more →Sales tax across provinces
The right rate applied to the right province so your remittances are accurate.
Learn more →CRA compliance
Filings that are accurate, on time, and prepared to stand up to CRA review.
Learn more →Bookkeeping for ecommerce
Need the books that feed your return too? See our ecommerce bookkeeping.
Learn more →Industries we serve
Ecommerce is one of many niches we know well. See the other industries we serve.
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Selling into the US or abroad
Foreign sales do not just disappear from your Canadian obligations. Getting them onto the right return, in the right currency, is where a lot of online sellers slip. Here is what we watch for.
- Currency conversion. US and foreign revenue reported in Canadian dollars using the proper exchange treatment.
- What is taxable where. Sorting which sales carry Canadian GST and HST and which fall outside it.
- Marketplace collection. Reconciling what a platform such as Amazon collected against what you still remit.
- Your income return. Foreign sales flowed correctly into your corporate tax (T2) or self employed return.
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Tax filing you can count on
Prepared and filed by a CPA
Your returns are prepared and reviewed by a Chartered Professional Accountant, not seasonal software or a part time preparer, so every filing is done right.
Built for how ecommerce works
Multi channel sales, marketplace collection, inventory, and US revenue are exactly the situations we file for, not edge cases we are figuring out.
Accurate and always on time
We track every GST and HST period and every income tax deadline, so you avoid penalties, interest, and last minute scrambles.
Fully virtual, fully secure
Everything runs online with secure digital records. There is nothing to drop off or pick up, and we file for sellers right across Canada.
Ready to get your ecommerce taxes handled?
Book a free 30 minute consultation. We will tell you exactly which returns you need, whether you should be registered for GST and HST, and what it takes to file it all right.
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