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 ...