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Exporter1000
Level 1

What documents are sufficient to prove exports as zero rated supplies?

Hi,

 

My business is selling products to China from Canada, we use a third party courier to do the shipping, we get a waybill for each shipment, and it can be tracked on the courier's website, the CRA asked to provide sufficient proof in order to prove that my supplies are zero rated supplies or they will considering me to be making taxable supplies at the GST/HST rate of 13% for all my sales, which is so wrong. We don't even sell locally to Canadian market at all.

 

As we don't do the export shipping ourselves, we only get the waybills from our courier, I am wondering if this is sufficient to be the export documentation? 

 

Thank you very much.

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JamesM4
QuickBooks Team

What documents are sufficient to prove exports as zero rated supplies?

Hi there, 

 

Thanks for reaching out to us here. QuickBooks offers a variety of tax reports that help you bring your finances into perspective. I'll be happy to share more info so you can continue to do the things you enjoy. 

 

I recommend confirming with the CRA about what specific documents are need in order to ensure accuracy. Otherwise, I recommend running the tax reports in QuickBooks and exporting them. In case you need to customize/filter the report, here's an article that shows you how to do that. For reference, I encourage you to check out this article here that goes over the: Reports included in your QuickBooks Online subscription. 

 

Let me know if this info helps. I'll be one message away in case you need further assistance. Otherwise, I wish you a great rest of the week.

Exporter1000
Level 1

What documents are sufficient to prove exports as zero rated supplies?

Thanks for your prompt reply.

 

The CRA asks me for this: "the complete sales listing information with sales invoice numbers and name of clients as per name shown on issued sales invoices, and export documentation by the deadline outlined in our letter."

 

So I have no idea what "export documentation" mean, since the shipments are all under $2000 CAD for each of them, they are not required to be custom declared when exported out of Canada, the third party courier only provides me the waybills for each shipment. I am sure the courier did ship the packages to my customers in China as they all received their packages.

 

I can only provide the waybills and tracking info for the shipments, will this be sufficient?

Trish_T
QuickBooks Team

What documents are sufficient to prove exports as zero rated supplies?

Hi 704893610-qq-com,

 

The best course of action is to contact the CRA additional assistance, to ensure you're meeting the expectations.  However, I would also suggest reaching out to an accounting professional for their expertise.  If you don't have an accountant, we can help you locate a ProAdvisor in your local area.

 

If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out.  We would be glad to help!

MaximumBookkeeping
Level 2

What documents are sufficient to prove exports as zero rated supplies?

You should get an accountant who specializes in sales taxes. If your products are zero-rated, they can get a ruling from the CRA.

 

This is a QBO forum where you can get help with questions on how to do something in QBO, not CRA-related questions.

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