Canada Questions

I'm located in Ontario, Canada. I'm in talks with a company in the United States to do a software contract. We met here in Canada. I'm wondering what the tax and regulations of such a contract...

Tax Canada USA Global Customers

asked Sep 12 '13 at 06:12

Philip K
166 points

I am currently involved in a Canadian tech startup, and as I am about to enter equity negotiations, I would like to clarify the ownership and copyright of the code base, to better understand the...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Canada Copyright

asked Jul 8 '13 at 08:55

Chris
6 points

I'm organizing a hackathon this summer and my team and I have had a lot of fun bootstrapping the whole process. In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we tossed around the idea of making the...

Non Profit Canada Organization Registration

asked Jul 19 '13 at 08:01

Max Mackie
166 points

I have a federally incorporated company, lets call it Company INC, and a bank account for it. The company activity is listed as a technology company, but I want to branch out and do some more...

Incorporation Canada DBA

asked Apr 6 '13 at 07:08

Stan Trying A Startup
108 points

I have a unique problem that I was hoping to get some clarity on. The Co-Founder of our business (in Canada) wants to end the business and get out. The company has been operating for 3 years and...

Co-Founder Incorporation Entrepreneurs Canada Partnerships

asked Mar 31 '13 at 15:21

Ben
23 points

I am a Canadian software developer who is currently harbouring an open-source project that I am currently working on with one other person, who lives in Chile. Eventually I want to turn the...

Canada Partnership

asked Mar 15 '13 at 00:15

Joe Z.
116 points

I'm about to launch a product and need to register a company (in order to handle payments for my product, and get a merchant account). I'll give specific information on my own situation below, but...

Incorporation Tax Canada Offshore

asked Jan 6 '13 at 00:25

Nick Budden
129 points

I'm looking to file a provisional patent application in Canada and the US. From what I've been told, the process is not easily out-sourceable, and I'm on a shoestring startup budget. I would like...

Patent Canada USA Provisional Patent

asked Oct 19 '12 at 01:59

Blueberryfields
426 points

According to the Canadian patent info site, here, a patent application can claim a priority date of a previous patent, filed in Canada or in a country with an appropriate treaty, as long as the...

Patent Canada

asked Oct 19 '12 at 03:07

Blueberryfields
426 points

For a canadian corporation, is there any tax considerations for choosing a specific date for the fiscal year end? (for example, is it different to end the year in April vs December in terms of tax...

Incorporation Tax Canada

asked Oct 24 '12 at 06:58

Dave
8 points

I was wondering about having my online business registered in Canada. My biggest concern about having my business registered is does the governments rules really matter when it comes to online...

Getting Started Canada Online Government Registration

asked Jul 31 '12 at 16:33

Ub3rst4r
103 points

I am a U.S. citizen working in Canada on a work visa. A small team and I have been working on a startup in our free time up here in the great north, so we're primarily based out of Canada. However,...

Canada USA

asked Mar 26 '12 at 11:19

Marisa Bernstein
1 point

Where can I find more information on setting up a small business in USA as a Canadian citizen? I need to incorporate in the USA, would this automatically allow me to work in USA? Or does there need...

LLC Canada USA

asked Mar 24 '12 at 15:53

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

My business is in Canada. I sell goods online that I ship by mail. I would like to use a fulfilment center in the UK to lower the cost of shopping for my european sales. Do I become liable for...

UK Tax Canada Online

asked Jan 1 '12 at 19:29

Alexandre H. Tremblay
186 points

We are from NJ. Our start up consists of 2 people. Previously, all of our clients were through our contacts, so we just accepted cheques for payment and deposited them in our Bank of America small...

LLC Payments Canada USA

asked Dec 18 '11 at 11:25

Varchar1
33 points

We are a small software based start up in NJ, we recently got a couple of projects from Canada and we're loving them. We came across this guy in Canada, he is very talented and we think he will...

Hiring LLC Legal Canada USA

asked Dec 5 '11 at 08:02

Varchar1
33 points

I've registered myself as a sole-proprietor business in Ontario, Canada. My common-law partner often helps me with organization and other tasks. I want her to be legally able to purchase supplies...

Tax Canada Business Family Sole Proprietorship

asked Nov 17 '11 at 05:03

Philip K
166 points

So I'm a CompSci student going into my second year of university in Montreal, Quebec at Concordia and I've been planing on getting started with Android development. I'll be getting myself a Samsung...

Getting Started Canada Business

asked Aug 31 '11 at 09:49

Portaljacker
106 points

I'm going to be finishing my master's degree in computer science soon, and am interested in pursuing entrepreneurship. I'm currently based in Montreal, but for personal reasons, am considering...

Networking Resources Entrepreneurs Canada

asked Jul 10 '11 at 12:29

Jbeard4
121 points

I've been getting conflicting advice about this, and figure if there's a spot that would know the answer one way or the other, it's onstartups.com In a nutshell I'm trying to find out if I have to...

Incorporation Legal Canada Business

asked Jun 13 '11 at 11:51

Canadiancreed
136 points