What is an Ontario Initial Return and when must a new corporation file it?
Ontario's Initial Return filing process for new corporations: who must file, the information required, and the registry system to use.
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Ontario business registry
Plain-language answers on ontario business registry, written from primary sources.
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What is the difference between a corporate annual return and a corporate tax return?
Why filing your T2 doesn't cover your registry filing, which province requires a second tax return entirely, and where each one actually gets filed.
What is an annual return and what happens if I don't file it?
What an annual return covers, why it isn't your tax filing, and the filing deadlines and dissolution risks in Canada's three jurisdictions.
How much does it cost to maintain a corporation each year in Ontario?
What Ontario actually charges each year, why the Annual Return still needs your attention, and the recurring costs that are not the return.
How do I properly close or dissolve a corporation in Ontario?
Satisfying creditors, dealing with real property before you file, shareholder authorization, and filing Articles of Dissolution in Ontario.
What happens if I don't file my Ontario corporation's annual return?
What the Ontario annual return requires, the path from a missed filing to dissolution, what dissolution changes, and how revival works.