Accountant for Montreal businesses

GST and QST filed together with Revenu Quebec

Quebec is genuinely different, and not only in rate. A Montreal business charges 5 percent GST and 9.975 percent QST, and Revenu Quebec administers both. A business physically in Quebec registers once and files one combined return with Revenu Quebec rather than dealing with the CRA for GST. Corporate income tax is still two returns, the federal T2 with the CRA and the Quebec CO-17 with Revenu Quebec.

HBT states its limits plainly here. Where an engagement needs Quebec specific filings or French language correspondence beyond what the firm can properly support, we say so at the first conversation rather than after taking the work on. Where the fit is right, the federal corporate work and the Quebec filings are coordinated on one schedule.

What a Montreal engagement covers

How the work begins

1. 1

   Step 1: Confirm the registrations

   Which accounts exist federally and with Revenu Quebec, and what is current.

2. 2

   Step 2: Fit and fee agreed

   Scope, limits and price in writing before any paid work.

3. 3

   Step 3: Coordinated filings

   Both sets kept on one schedule rather than chased separately.

How is Montreal different from the rest of Canada for sales tax?

Quebec charges 5 percent GST and 9.975 percent QST, and Revenu Quebec administers both. A business physically in Quebec registers once and files one combined return with Revenu Quebec, where businesses in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba file a separate provincial return. HBT confirms at the first conversation whether an engagement with Quebec filings fits its scope before taking it on.