A couple months back, I received a notice from the CRA notifying me that as my small business made over the $30k threshold for GST registration in 2021 but I did not have a GST number, I would have to register for one. My bad, I made $30,300, just barely over and it didn’t click in my brain that I was over the limit.
I spoke to someone at the CRA and he registered me for a number, but noted that I had two options to clear the tax situation up. One was re-submit the previous year (or years?) taxes with the GST number, and the other option went right over my head. Again, my bad, I should have clarified.
Anyway, this week I tried calling the CRA agent I spoke to but of course he’s busy and I have not heard back.
Can anyone please tell me what I need to do now that I have a GST number? Re-submit last year’s return, or is it a certain number of years? The CRA agent did note that resubmitting would make me more susceptible to audits, so what is my other, “safer” option?
I know I’ve been a dope about this, so please go easy on me. Thanks.
