Business Registration Online – After you register
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Business Registration Online – After you register
- Overview
- Eligibility
- Before you register
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- After you register
5. After you register
Receive your BRO summary
After you register for any of the four main Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) program accounts, we will send you a BRO summary. It gives you your 9-digit business number and your 15-character program account number.
Example
| Business number (BN) | Program identifier | Reference number | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
For more information on the format of a business number and program account number, go to Format of the business number and program account.
Receive your GST/HST registration confirmation letter
If you registered for a GST/HST program account you will receive a GST/HST registration confirmation letter.
For more information, see Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST).
Your program account responsibilities
For more information on your program account responsibilities, see the following:
- Corporations
- Goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (GST/HST)
- Payroll
- Importing Commercial Goods Into Canada (Canada Border Services Agency)
- Provincial programs
Manage your program accounts
Sign up for Direct deposit; it's a fast, reliable, and safe way to get your money for your program account.
Register for My Business Account to manage your program accounts online.
Send your comments on BRO
If you have any comments or suggestions on BRO, send your email to BUSREG@cra-arc.gc.ca.
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- Date modified:
- 2017-02-01