Corporation compliance calendar: every recurring filing date, in one calendar
For a small Canadian corporation: the annual return, the T2 return and balance dates, GST/HST, payroll and workers’ compensation filings, each with the rule in the official page’s words and a link to it. Answer eight questions, then subscribe once.
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Corporation compliance calendar
Open this section ↓↑ Close this sectionNothing you enter here is stored on our servers: the dates are worked out in your browser, and a calendar address carries only short codes for your answers, never a name or a business number.
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How the dates are counted
From the official rule, never guessed.Open this section ↓- Every date is worked out from the rule on the official page shown beside it.
- Where a rule counts months from a date, the tool lands on the same day number; when that day does not exist in the month, it uses the month’s last day. The T2 return’s own month-end rule is applied as the CRA writes it.
- CRA dates that fall on a Saturday or Sunday move to the Monday, as the CRA allows. Public holidays are not moved.
- Your first year-end is taken to be the first one on or after the incorporation date.
- The calendar covers this year and next, and refreshes each time your calendar app checks it.
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What this tool will not do
Calculate an amount.Open this section ↓↑ Close this section- ✗Calculate an amount. It lists dates and rules, never a figure for your corporation.
- ✗Give tax or legal advice. It names the filing and the rule; an accountant or the office answers what applies to you.
- ✗Guess a date the rules do not fix. Board-set dates, event dates and dates above a threshold show the rule and the official link instead.
- ✗Keep your answers. Nothing is stored on our servers.
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Common Questions
Is anything I enter stored?Open this section ↓↑ Close this sectionIs anything I enter stored?
No. Your answers stay in your browser and nothing is stored on our servers. If you subscribe, the calendar address carries only short codes for your answers, such as the jurisdiction and your incorporation date, never a name or a business number.
Does this tool work out how much my corporation pays?
No. It lists filing and payment dates and the rule for each, in the official page's words. It does not calculate any amount, and it is not legal or tax advice. For amounts, ask an accountant or the CRA.
Why do some items show a rule instead of a date?
Because the date depends on something this tool does not ask, such as the day you first hire someone or whether your payroll is above a threshold, or because the board sets the date in its notice to you. Where an official page does not confirm a detail, the item says to confirm with the office and links to it, instead of guessing.
Why did a CRA date move to a Monday?
The CRA treats a filing or payment due on a weekend as on time on the next business day. This tool moves CRA dates that fall on a Saturday or Sunday and says so beside the date. It does not move dates for public holidays, so check those yourself.
Which corporations does it cover?
Corporations incorporated federally or in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba, operating in those five provinces. Quebec, provincial sales tax registrations and provincial ownership registers are not covered.
Guidepost is not a law firm or an accounting firm. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. The rules shown are what the official pages state, and rules change. Confirm with the office named beside each item before relying on it. Full disclaimer.