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Bit of a long one, sorry. crossed the $30k threshold in 2023, registered, and basically did it wrong four different ways. all of these are things my accountant rolled her eyes at, none of them were obvious to me at the time.
first one. the $30k is a rolling 4 quarter calculation, not a calendar year.
I thought once jan 1 hit i was safe for another year. nope. you exceed it the moment any 4 consecutive quarters add up to $30k+.
I hit it mid Q2 and had 29 days from that exact date to register. i registered like 3 months late and got a letter about it.
Second one, and this one cost me real money. the supply that pushes you over the threshold is itself subject to HST even if you weren’t registered yet. so the invoice that took me over $30k, i had to go back to that client and ask them to pay HST on it after the fact.
They were fine about it (they were registered too so it was just a wash for them) but if it had been an individual client i’d have eaten it.
third. i picked annual filing because i thought it meant less work. it does mean less work but it also means one giant remittance once a year and you can’t claim ITCs until you file. switched to quarterly after year one. cash flow is way better and you get your input credits back faster.
Fourth, ITCs on stuff you owned before you registered. you can claim ITCs on inventory and capital property you had on hand the day you became a registrant, including the hst on your laptop, software subs etc. there’s a specific election for this on your first return. i missed something like $800 in credits my first year because i didn’t know.
The CRA guide is RC4022 if you want the actual rules. it’s brutally written but it’s all in there.
Anyone else have one to add to the list? feels like the registration process is one of those things where everyone learns it the hard way and then never talks about it.