Working for yourself
Income, receipts, GST/HST and the everyday decisions that come with working for yourself in Canada.
Working for yourself
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Self-Employed Taxes in Ottawa: 2026 Guide
A practical guide to HST, vehicle and home-office expenses, instalments, and CCA for Ottawa sole proprietors.
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Incorporating changes more than the name on an invoice
Prepare a dated handoff of accounts, assets and obligations when an existing sole proprietorship becomes a corporation.
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Laurence checks both instalment accounts
Apply the $1,800 tests separately, choose a calculation method and send each income-tax instalment to the correct account.
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Before you clear out the tax folder
The six-year rule has a starting point and exceptions. A compact retention checklist for sole proprietors, including electronic records.
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Zero-rated and exempt are different categories
Both can show no tax charged, but the input tax credit and registration consequences are different.
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One annual HST return can have two deadlines
Check the calendar-year sole-proprietor exception, the ordinary three-month rule and separate instalment obligations.
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