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Annual Filing Corporations Canada
Every Canadian corporation subject to Provincial or Federal Business Corporations Act must file an annual return with the Corporate Registry Office of it’s jurisdiction of Incorporation. What is the deadline for filing my annual return? The deadline for filing an annual return is within the 60 days following a corporation’s anniversary date. The anniversary date is the date your corporation incorporated, amalgamated or continued under the CBCA. You do not file for the year the corporation was incorporated, amalgamated or continued. The date can be found on your corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, Amalgamation or Continuance. Do I have to file an annual return? You have to file an annual return if your corporation’s legal status with Corporations Canada is “active” (that is not dissolved, discontinued or amalgamated with another corporation). You can find the status of your corporation by using the Corporations Canada online database. This is not your income tax return. This is a corporate law requirement. It is completely separate from any filing obligations you may have with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). To make sure that your corporation continues to benefit from incorporation under the CBCA, you need to fulfill certain requirements with Corporations Canada. You have to file an annual return every year if your corporation’s legal status with the corporate registry office of your jurisdiction of incorporation is active” (that is not dissolved, discontinued or amalgamated with another corporation). eCompanies Bay Street, Toronto CBD, Toronto, M5H 2Y4, Canada | Web: www.e-companies.ca | Email: clientexp@e-companies.ca | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn