CRA account help – About My Business Account

My Business Account is an online portal in your CRA account that lets you interact with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on various business accounts. Business accounts include GST/HST, payroll, corporation income taxes, excise taxes, excise duties, and more.

To access GST/HST accounts that are administered by Revenu Québec, go to: Revenu Québec's website

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Who can use My Business Account

Business owners (including partners, directors, and officers) can use My Business Account. Authorized representatives (including accountants and employees) can access these services through Represent a Client in their CRA account.

Registration and sign-in options

There are 3 options for registering for and signing in to your CRA account:

Sign in to your CRA account

Services in My Business Account

After signing in to your CRA account, select your business from the Welcome page to access all the services available in My Business Account.

List of services available in My Business Account

For details about our hours of service and browser requirements, go to Sign-in services availability.

Online mail for business

Starting spring 2025, the CRA will transition to online mail as the default method of delivering most business correspondence. This means you’ll start receiving most of your business notices and other correspondence through My Business Account instead of in the mail.

For more details, go to Online mail for business

What's new

Improved CRA sign-in service webpages

The CRA has introduced a new look and feel for the My Account, My Business Account, and Represent a Client sign-in, registration, and help pages on Canada.ca. The improved webpages make it easier for you to find the information you need.

Ongoing look and feel enhancements

My Business Account continues to be updated to improve the look and feel of its services as well as to improve user experience and navigation. You will see improvements when viewing balances, transferring payments and credits, responding to notices as well as requesting CPP/EI Rulings.

Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED)

SR&ED’s Self-Assessment and Learning Tool (SALT) was added in My Business Account for RC program accounts. The assessment tool will assist claimants in preparing their project descriptions and expenditures prior to submitting a claim.

Make a pre-payment

You now have limited access to the “View and pay account balance” service. This allows you to make pre-payments to your program account before any transactions are posted to My Business Account.

Optional email notifications

Optional email notifications are now available in My Business Account. While some email notifications are mandatory to ensure the security of accounts, such as when address or direct deposit information is changed, businesses can choose to receive additional optional notifications for payments. More optional notifications will be added in the future.

Document verification service

The document verification service is an alternative identity validation option that allows you to register for and access your CRA account in real-time. When you choose this option, you don’t need to wait up to 10 business days to receive a CRA security code by paper mail. The process requires a mobile device to take a picture of your government-issued photo identification and of yourself to verify your identity. To use this service, you must:

The following original government-issued documents are accepted:

Connect with us

Select Connect with us in the “Correspondence” side bar to find options to contact the CRA and to get help on certain topics.

Resources

Help with using My Business Account

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