BC Benefit Company is a for-profit company that commits to conducting its business in a responsible and sustainable way. It must also promote one or more public benefits. Public benefits must have a positive effect for a group of people (other than business shareholders), communities, organizations, or the environment. A benefit company is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act. When a company is incorporated, it acquires all the powers of an individual, as well as an independent existence. It can acquire assets, go into debt, enter into contracts, sue or be sued.

BC Benefit Company Registration Services

✔ Preparing an incorporation agreement
✔ Prepare a benefit statement
✔ Preparing the articles of incorporation
✔ Corporation's name pre-search and obtaining name approval
✔ Registering with BC governmnet system
✔ Receieve your final documents in email and later by post
✔ Registering CRA accounts (Business number, corporate tax ID, GST account, payroll account etc.
✔ Preparing bylaws and securities register
✔ Registering PST account and WSBC account

What are the usual steps to incorporating a Benefit Company?

  • Step 1: Prepare an incorporation agreement (usually prepared by BC Corporate Lawyer).
  • Step 2: Prepare a benefit statement (A BC corporate lawyer may prepare it)
  • Step 3: Establish company’s articles (The articles of incorporation written by a BC corporate Lawyer)
  • Step 4: Create a BC Registries account (And then deposit money to the account)
  • Step 5: Choose a name (Obtaining a name approval from BC government for right purpose)
  • Step 6: Incorporate your company (Filling out all the forms correctly, paying the government fees

What are the other tasks after incorporated?

  • Task 1: Creating corporate bylaws
  • Task 2: Preparing the securities register
  • Task 3: Registering for CRA program accounts (business number, corporate tax ID, GST account, payroll account, export account, import account)
  • Task 4: Registering for WSBC account
  • Task 5: Registering for PST account
  • Task 6: Ordering a corporate seal

What you need to do if you choose to place order with us? 

  1. Fill out our online order form step by step easy form
  2. At the end of the form, pay by credit card or e-transfer or PayPal
  3. Receive your corporation final documents in email and then by post

We take care all of those above tasks. Our agent will review your order, obtain the name approval from BC government, our lawyer prepares the documents and then we register using the government system directly as we have direct access. All these tasks can be done in as fast as 1 business day (if you choose urgent queue) or 4 weeks in regular queue. 

What are the regular maintenance and filing tasks?

  • File 1: annual corporate returns (with BC corporate registry)
  • File 2: annual tax return (with Canada revenue Agency)
  • File 3: GST return
  • File 4: PST return
  • File 5: WSBC return