Business Registration Online (BRO)

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BRO is a fast, easy, and convenient way to register online with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for a:

• Business Number;
• GST/HST account;
• payroll deductions account;
• import/export account; and
• corporation income tax account.

You may also register for certain accounts with the provinces of:

• British Columbia;
• Nova Scotia; and
• Ontario.

Types of registration you cannot do online

While almost all Canadian businesses can use BRO, the service will not offer registrations for the following specific situations:

• you wish to apply for a GST/HST account for a business with a mailing address in Quebec;
• you have a non-resident business and wish to apply for a GST/HST account;
• you wish to apply for a corporation income tax account for a business incorporated:
  • federally with Industry Canada;
  • provincially in Manitoba;
  • provincially in New Brunswick;
  • provincially in Nova Scotia; or
  • provincially in British Columbia;
  
  
• you currently have a Business Number registered in your name and wish to apply for another Business Number in your name for a business that uses the same business structure. For example you:
  • have a business operating as a sole proprietor with a Business Number in your name and wish to apply for a Business Number in your name for a separate business operating as a sole proprietor;
  
  
• you wish to create a third account within the same program. For example a third GST/HST account; or
• you wish to register a bare trust.

For more information contact us at 1-800-959-5525.

What we need you to provide

The CRA will perform a security check to confirm who’s accessing the system. To use the BRO service you are required to:

• have filed an income tax return with the CRA,
• provide us with your name as it appears on your income tax return;
• provide your valid social insurance number (SIN); and
• provide a valid phone number.

To register a business we need to know the following information:

• name and SIN of all owners, directors, partners or officers;
• the Business Number (if you already have one);
• the business physical location and mailing addresses;
• if an incorporate business, the following information from the certificate of incorporation:
  • corporate name,
  • certificate number,
  • date of incorporation, and
  • jurisdiction.
  
  
• other information depending on what programs you want to register for instance:
• • the fiscal year-end, to register for a GST/HST account; and
  • the Business Identification Number (BIN) to renew your Province of Ontario Business Name.

To find out more or to register, see www.businessregistration.gc.ca.