Selling online: obligations discovered late
Incorporate your La Prairie business from $999, government fees included. Suited to online retail and growing service businesses.
Retail, services and growth in Montérégie
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Each incorporation includes all legal filings required to create a compliant and operational corporation from day one.
Share capital structure
Depending on the option selected, your share capital structure is prepared in a simple or advanced format to support the future evolution of your business.
Digital minute book
All corporate documents are delivered in a digital minute book, ready for electronic signature and secure record keeping.
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Human support
Our team supports you throughout the process and provides guidance when decisions need to be made, without unnecessary complexity.
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Keep your company’s annual filings up to date and maintain compliance of your corporate minute book.
Access professional legal templates to structure relationships with your employees, partners, and suppliers.
By opening a NBC business account.
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La Prairie: residential growth and new forms of commerce
La Prairie sits in a steadily growing part of Montérégie, with a young residential profile and direct proximity to Montréal. It has retail, professional services and construction, but also a growing number of businesses selling mainly online, from a home or a small warehouse.
That model has expanded rapidly in recent years and raises legal questions entrepreneurs often discover after the fact.
Online commerce is not less regulated
Selling at a distance imposes precise obligations: mandatory information before the contract is concluded, return and cancellation policies, particular rules for distance contracts, protection of your customers' personal information, sales taxes based on the buyer's location.
Add product liability: a defective item sold online engages your business, and as a sole proprietor, it engages you personally, without limit.
- A separate legal person carrying product and contractual liability
- A reduced tax rate on the first $500,000 of eligible active business income
- Merchant accounts, platform contracts and supplier agreements in the business name
- A brand and domain name held by the corporation rather than by you
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Lexstart works with La Prairie entrepreneurs remotely: a 15-minute questionnaire, Quebec legal review, articles, digital minute book and initial resolutions. Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Provincial or federal when you sell everywhere?
Selling online to clients in other provinces or abroad does not require federal incorporation. A Quebec corporation can sell anywhere. Federal mainly becomes useful if you open a warehouse elsewhere in Canada or want Canada-wide brand protection, a real consideration in online retail.
Holding your digital assets in the corporation
Domain name, brand, website, customer lists, marketplace accounts: these are your most valuable assets. Held in your personal name, they complicate an eventual sale. Held by the corporation, they transfer with it.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions.
Common questions from La Prairie entrepreneurs
I only sell on one online platform. Is it necessary? It depends on your volume and product type. Once product liability becomes real, a corporation is justified.
Can I operate from home? Yes, subject to municipal zoning for storage and receiving goods.
Compare your options in REQ, platform or notary, or start your incorporation.