You do not carry on business in Québec, but you have clients in Québec. Do you have any QST obligations?
You do not carry on a business in Québec, but you have Québec clients. Yes,
you may need to worry because suppliers outside Québec with Québec customers
can be required to register for QST under either the specified (simplified)
system or the general system if certain conditions are met.
Key question: who are your Québec customers?
You are more likely to have QST obligations if:
· You
make taxable supplies (services, intangibles, or goods) in Québec to specified
Québec consumers (generally individual consumers who are not QST‑registered).
· The
total value of those taxable supplies exceeds 30,000 CAD over a 12‑month period
(the “threshold amount” / “specified threshold”).
· If
you mainly sell to QST‑registered businesses, and not to consumers, you are
less likely to fall under the specified system, but you still need to check
whether you are considered to be carrying on business in Québec (see below).
The specified QST system (simplified registration)
Once required to register under this system, you must:
· Register
using the registration service reserved for suppliers outside Québec;
· Charge
9.975% QST on taxable supplies to specified Québec consumers;
· Report
and remit the tax (typically through simplified periodic returns).
The general (regular) QST system
Separately from the specified system, you may be required to register
under the general QST system if you are considered to carry on commercial
activities in Québec, for example where you:
· Store
property in Québec or arrange delivery from a warehouse in Québec;
· Have
some form of significant presence or other indicators that you are carrying on
business in Québec.
·
If
you carry on commercial activities in Québec and your (and your associates’)
business income exceeds 30,000 CAD, registration for both GST/HST and QST under
the general system is normally mandatory.
Practical next steps
To know whether you really “need to worry” about QST, you should at
least:
· Identify
whether your Québec clients are consumers (not QST‑registered) or QST‑registered
businesses.
· Determine
whether your supplies are considered made “in Québec” (place‑of‑supply and
usual residence tests).
· Compute
your taxable supplies to specified Québec consumers over the last 12 months and
see if they exceed 30,000 CAD.
For more details, please contact Pierre Nadeau at pnadeau@pierrenadeau.com or visit www.pierrenadeau.com.
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