Business & Non-Profit Useful Links

Click on topic of your choice to go to a useful link.  Use of these links is not an endorsement of their products and services.  My goal is only to assist you in finding useful information that is already available on the web.  Blair Corkum Financial Planning Inc. accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information presented on these sites.   You should do your own due diligence.

Business Tools for New and Small Businesses, Or Thinking about Starting or Buying a Business

• Canada Business Development Corporation (CBDC) – for Atlantic Canada – A lot of advice for new and existing business operators right here
• Payroll Deduction Calculator
• CRA Employee Automobile Benefits Calculator – Remember to remit HST / GST on the auto benefits as explained in CRA Guide 4130 Employers Guide for Taxable Benefits
• Free Info for your Human Resource Issues – PEI HR Toolkit
• Free Skills Training for Employees – eForcePEI.ca
• Starting a Business – Permits & Licenses Checklist – Use BizPal

Statistics – Useful for your Business

• Wage Statistics – surveys on wages by occupation
• National Joint Council of the Public Service of Canada Rates and Allowances web site for government employees, including meal allowances and kilometre allowances

Business Name Registry – PEI, NS and Federal

• Business Name Registry for PEI businesses – Telephone 902 368-4550 – type in the name or part name of the business for which you wish to check ownership and then click on the name when it is listed below (may not work in Internet Explorer)
• Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies 
• Business Name Registry for federally incorporated companies

Income Tax Information and Registrations

• Business Registration – Canada Revenue Agency
• T-4130 Employer’s Guide Taxable Benefits and Allowances, including a chart on what is taxable, what is not, and what are the CPP, EI and GST/HST implications
• RC-4110 Are you an self-employed or an employee (regardless of what you think, CRA may rule differently)
• Payroll Deduction Calculator
• CRA Prescribed Rates – Interest, Exchange, CPP/EI, Auto/Travel allowances, HST/GST rates, etc.
• CRA Employee Automobile Benefits Calculator
• GST/HST Calculator – GST/HST Rates for each province to ensure you bill properly
• Cancellation of HST/GST, Payroll, and/or Business Number with CRA – Form RC145 ; Where applicable, before deregistering for HST/GST, remember to self-assess and remit taxes on any inventory, equipment, real estate, etc. that is retained and to report a sale for income tax purposes for any assets transferred to personal use.
• General CRA Web Sites –
  • Canada Revenue Agency Home Page 
  • Canada Revenue Agency Forms and Publications 
  • Canada Revenue Agency Income Tax Folios (replacing Interpretation Bulletins)
  • HST/GST information – Canada Revenue Agency

Especially for Non-Profit Organization

• Charity & Non-profits – Charity site of Canada Revenue Agency 
• Charity Receipts – Everything You Need to Know, including Sample Receipts
• Charity and Non-profits – Guide to Law for Non-Profits in Atlantic Canada – Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask – Building and Sustaining an Effective Board – CPA Canada
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask – Risk Management – CPA Canada
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask About their Duties
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask – Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask about Cybersecurity
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask – CEO Succession
• Charity and Non-profits – 20 Questions that Directors Should Ask – Human Resource Management