Registering for Revenu Québec Files

Through the Registration Pursuant to an Act online service

• To register a new business with Revenu Québec for:
  • corporation income tax
  • source deductions
  • goods and services tax (GST)
  • Québec sales tax (QST)
• To obtain the identification and file numbers for a new business

• To add to a business's existing registration with Revenu Québec. The business can register for:
  • corporation income tax
  • source deductions
  • goods and services tax (GST)
  • Québec sales tax (QST)
• To obtain file numbers for the business

Individuals in business (self-employed persons), corporations, partnerships

This service is not for:

• businesses resulting from an amalgamation
• corporations whose charters were drawn up by a body other than Revenu Québec's Direction du registre des entreprises or Industry Canada
• individuals or individuals in business who have declared bankruptcy or who have filed a proposal in bankruptcy (This link will open a new window) or a consumer proposal (This link will open a new window) within the last 12 months

• The business cannot be registered with Revenu Québec.
• You must be an ex officio representative (This link will open a new window) of the business.

The business must be registered for Clic Revenu – Businesses.

If you are an individual in business (self-employed person), you must provide:

• your social insurance number
• the amount on line 199 of your most recent income tax return (amount shown on your most recent notice of assessment)

If the business is a corporation with a Québec charter, you must provide:

• the business's Québec enterprise number (NEQ)
• the social insurance number, first and last name, date of birth and postal code of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and each of the business's directors

If the business is a corporation with a federal charter, you must provide:

• the business's federal Business Number (BN)
• the certificate number (the seven-digit number under "Corporate number" on the charter of the corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act)
• the position, social insurance number, first and last name, date of birth, and address of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and each of the business's directors

If the business is a partnership, you must provide:

• the social insurance number, first and last name, date of birth, and address of each partner
• information about each partner's share in the partnership

None

Make sure you have access to a printer.