The province of British Columbia has entered into a partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to use the federal Business Number (BN) as a convenient way for businesses to identify themselves when communicating with government.
The Corporate Registry, under the authority of the Business Number Act, is therefore collecting the BN from both corporations applying for registration and those currently registered in British Columbia. In the future. corporations will be able to use their BN as an identifier when they communicate with the Corporate Registry.
You will already have a BN if you have been incorporated federally or in any province in Canada.
You may have also received a BN from CRA if you:
Collect GST/HST,
Have employees,
Import or export goods from Canada,
Re-open a previously incorporated or registered company,
Operate a taxi or limo service,
Registered with the Worker's Compensation Board,
Are registered to do business in another Canadian jurisdiction.
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