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Latest published articles from the MapleInvoice team.
Aug 26, 2026
Issuing invoices does not settle employment status. The CRA applies a two-step test - intent, then whether six factual elements actually match it - and the payer carries the money risk, owing both shares of CPP and EI plus penalties if it gets reclassified. In...
Aug 12, 2026
You already remitted the GST/HST on that invoice, because net tax is built from amounts that became collectible rather than amounts collected. Section 231 of the Excise Tax Act gives it back on an A x B/C formula - but only if you reported and remitted correct...
Jul 29, 2026
You can bill in any currency you like, but the GST/HST has to be reported in Canadian dollars. Section 159 of the Excise Tax Act and GST/HST Memorandum 3-6 give you four acceptable conversion dates and five acceptable rate sources - and one hard requirement to...
Jul 08, 2026
Tax is payable on the earlier of payment and the day consideration becomes due - which for most businesses means the invoice date, months before the money arrives. Here is what the Excise Tax Act actually says about invoice dates, undue delay, deposits, progre...
Jun 10, 2026
The $30,000 small supplier threshold is a rolling four-quarter test, not an annual one - and there are two separate ways to fail it, with different effective dates. Here is exactly when you must register, what the 30-day deadline actually runs from, and what c...
May 13, 2026
Six years - but not six years from the invoice date. The clock runs from the end of the tax year, electronic originals have to stay electronically readable even if you printed them, and a cloud server outside Canada is not a record kept in Canada.
Apr 15, 2026
QST is a separate 9.975% tax with its own registration number and its own return, not a provincial slice of the HST. And the documentary thresholds moved: Quebec's prescribed-information tiers now step at $100 and $500, not the $30 and $150 still quoted almost...
Mar 12, 2026
A Canadian invoice must carry the information prescribed by the Input Tax Credit Information (GST/HST) Regulations, and the requirements scale in three tiers with the document total: under $100, $100 to under $500, and $500 or more. Your GST/HST number is mand...
Feb 18, 2026
If your invoice says "1.5% per month" and does not also state the equivalent annual rate, section 4 of the Interest Act caps you at 5% per annum - and interest already collected can be recovered back by the customer. The fix is to write the yearly equivalent a...
Jan 21, 2026
The rate you charge is set by the place of supply, not by where your business sits. For goods it is the province you deliver to; for most services it is the customer address you obtained in the ordinary course of business - not where the work was done.
Dec 07, 2025
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