Filing GST/HST and QST Returns
For reporting periods starting on or after January 1, 2024, GST and QST registrants (except charities) must file their returns online.
You don't have to send your return online if you meet these two conditions:
- You weren't required to file your return online before 2024.
- The filing period for your return begins before 2024.
Filing electronically
You can file your GST/HST and QST return using the online services in My Account for businesses and My Account for individuals.
To learn more about how to file returns in My Account for businesses, watch our video, Déclarez la TPS/TVH et la TVQ en ligne avec Mon dossier pour les entreprises (in French only).
You can also file a GST/HST and QST return electronically using:
- the GST/HST and QST Returns express service, which you can access using a clicSÉQUR express access code; or
- a financial institution's online payment service that lets you file a return and pay your balance due in the same transaction.
Schedule A of the electronic return for builders of new housing that are required to report HST cannot be completed online. See Additional Information for New Housing Builders to find out how to go about filing it.
Information for charities
Charities that choose to send their GST/HST and QST returns by mail must complete the GST/HST-QST Return (FPZ-500.AR-V) we sent them.
The return includes a detachable remittance slip that can be used to make the combined GST/HST–QST remittance in a single payment. See Remittance or Refund for more information.
If the charity does not receive a personalized return at least 15 working days before the filing deadline, or if it lost the one that was sent to it, contact our client services.
Other forms
Charities that cannot report GST and QST using form FPZ-500.AR-V must file form FPZ-34-V, GST/HST Return, or form VDZ-471-V, QST Return.
Viewing data and returns
Log in to My Account for businesses to view all your tax data, including past returns and statements of account.
Businesses can have their online service managers consent to online correspondence only for consumption tax items in the My Account for businesses communications centre. This consent can be changed directly in My Account.