[iphonesb] Re: Canadian GST/Corporate Accounting Question for iPhone App Developers

Hi 1nsane,

I am in the same position now. I need to file my GST/HST Return for Registrants.  I've collected all of the "Tax Advice" data into a spreadsheet.  But I'm not clear on how to use this data to fill out the return.

I assume you have figured it out by now.  I would greatly appreciate it if you could help us out with an explanation to your original questions.

Thanks in advance!

Scott

On Friday, January 15, 2010 5:42:06 PM UTC-8, 1nsane wrote:
We are a small Canadian corporation that files GST. Like all Canadian
corporations that develop for the iPhone, we were required to fill out
the Canadian GST/HST Form 506 which allows Apple to collect and remit
GST on our behalf. We recently received a "GST Tax Advice" document
from Apple that outlines the revenue collected on our behalf and
commission charged by Apple.

My question is comprised of 3 parts...

1. Does the "Revenue collected on your behalf" include GST?
2. Do we need to report the GST on the total revenue collected when we
file our quarterly GST Return?
3. Do we deduct Apple's commission as an expense against the total
revenue collected and apply the GST on that commission to our Input
Tax Credits (ITC)?

There seems to be very little information on this and it is all quite
confusing. Apple, of course, was no help either =/ Hopefully someone
else has been in the same boat as us and could help us out? It would
be much appreciated.

Cheers

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