{"id":1644,"date":"2017-01-04T20:50:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:24:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:24:32","slug":"start-company-corp-sole-proprietor-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/start-company-corp-sole-proprietor-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"How to start a Company (Corp or Sole Proprietor) in Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What route to choose. There are really only 2 options<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sole Proprietership (also called Trade Name) and Incorporated. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertacanada.com\/business\/invest\/choose-a-business-structure.aspx\">Here is how to choose<\/a>. You do not want any of the other options due to the risk involved.\n<ul>\n<li>click on the sub-links and it has all the how to steps on getting things done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canada Government resources\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/selfemployed\/\">self employed &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/gst-tps\/menu-eng.html\">GST section<\/a> is most important\n<ul>\n<li>Do I need a GST Number? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/gst-tps\/rgstrng\/menu-eng.html\">Use this online tool. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/bn-ne\/bro-ide\/rgstr-eng.html\">To register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/gst-tps\/gnrl\/stps\/cllct-eng.html\">How to charge GST<\/a><\/li>\n<li>After you register for GST &#8211; they have made it easy to understand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/bn-ne\/bro-ide\/ftr-eng.html\">what to do next<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-arc.gc.ca\/tx\/bsnss\/tpcs\/ll-dts\/menu-eng.html\">Important Dates if you own your own company<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Book Keeping 101\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookkeeping-essentials.com\/bookkeeping-tips.html\">tips <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnimanagementservices.com\/index.php\/omni-dl\/sample-spreadsheets\">online calculators<\/a><\/li>\n<li>some basic spreadsheets for\n<ul>\n<li>stuff you spend $$ on<\/li>\n<li>splitting out\n<ul>\n<li>the GST (basically it is a running total. How much GST to collect, how much stuff did you expense that you can take off that GST)<\/li>\n<li>categories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>stuff you can claim (eg. $500 for gift cards in some instances, meals is 50% deductible, computer is 100% but over X years etc. etc.)<\/li>\n<li>automobile &#8211; miles or $$ and %driven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>reading\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omni-rand.ca\/dloads\/record_keeping_for_small_biz.pdf\">record keeping for small business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Bookkeeping-Canadians-Dummies-Lita-Epstein\/dp\/1118478088\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483562989&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bookkeeping+for+dummies\">Dummies(c)<\/a>\u00a0 book for Canadian book keeping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What route to choose. There are really only 2 options Sole Proprietership (also called Trade Name) and Incorporated. Here is how to choose. 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