Billing in IT: service contract or disguised employment?
Incorporate your Prévost business from $999, government fees included. Suited to IT professionals and remote workers. Reviewed by Quebec lawyers.
Remote work and services in the Laurentians
Complete legal filings
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.
Professional validation
Documents are prepared according to established legal standards and reviewed before delivery.
Human support
Our team supports you throughout the process and provides guidance when decisions need to be made, without unnecessary complexity.
Incorporate your business
Build your company in Quebec or federally with a strong legal structure from day one.
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.
A guided process, from information gathering to final document delivery.
Each step is designed to ensure compliance and legal consistency.
Tailor your incorporation to your needs (simple or advanced structure).
Each file is reviewed before delivery to ensure a reliable outcome.
Our incorporation guides
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Incorporation
Discover the complete guide to incorporation in Quebec. Essential steps, expert tips and key information to create and manage your corporation.
The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Quebec (QBCA)
Everything you need to know to incorporate under the Quebec Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, costs and the process explained simply.
The Complete Guide to Federal Incorporation in Canada (CBCA)
Incorporate your business under the Canada Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, annual costs and the federal incorporation process explained clearly.
The Complete Guide to Incorporating in Ontario (OBCA)
Incorporate your business under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. Key actors, articles, annual costs and the provincial incorporation process explained clearly.
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Prévost: remote work reshaped the local economy
For several years Prévost has attracted professionals who work remotely: developers, analysts, project managers, designers, cybersecurity specialists. Many bill Montréal or foreign companies from a home office, surrounded by the Laurentians.
In that model, one precise tax question deserves understanding before incorporating.
Personal services businesses and their limits
Tax authorities look closely at corporations providing services to a single client, in conditions resembling employment. If your corporation has one client, and you work on their schedule, with their tools and under their supervision, it risks being treated as a personal services business.
The consequences are serious: loss of the reduced tax rate and very limited deductions. That is not an obstacle to incorporating, but it means how you practise matters as much as the structure.
What helps: several clients, contracts describing deliverables rather than supervised hours, your own tools and equipment, real freedom in execution, and your own liability insurance. Validate this with an accountant before structuring your practice.
Online incorporation, reviewed by lawyers
Our pricing includes government fees. See our online incorporation guide or start your incorporation.
By opening a NBC business account.
Provincial or federal for a Prévost professional?
Billing clients in other provinces or abroad does not require federal incorporation. A Quebec corporation can bill anywhere in the world from a home office.
Ownership of code and deliverables
In IT, who owns the code produced is a central question. By default, rules vary by type of work and by contract. Always specify in writing what is assigned to the client and what your corporation keeps, notably your reusable tools, libraries and methods.
Your obligations once incorporated
Annual updating declaration, a current minute book, a separate corporate tax return and resolutions recording major decisions.
Common questions from Prévost professionals
I only have one client. Should I skip incorporating? No, but validate the applicable tax treatment with an accountant and work on diversifying.
Can I deduct part of my home? Yes, under conditions, based on the space actually used for work. Rules differ depending on whether you are an employee of your corporation.
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