Obtaining a business number is the first step in the process
to hiring a nanny.
When it came time to obtain a business number, I thought
“hey, no big deal right?”…wrong! I was so confused looking at the form. There
are entire sections that you don’t need to fill out since you’re not an
incorporated business which I found quite confusing (Dear CRA: should you ever
read my blog, I’d like to ask, have you ever considered making a special
business number acquisition form for those seeking a caregiver? We would be
ever so grateful). So as I went through this lengthy form trying to decipher
what to do, I decided to call the CRA for some support and guess what?...they
are super duper helpful! Every time I call them I consider what a great job
they’ve done hiring fantastic people for their positions (maybe their hiring
department wants to help me out in my nanny search ;-) Actually as luck would
have it, my mom has many years experience in HR so when you get to the section
of template interview guides that I’ve created, you can secretly thank her). So
the representative on the phone walked me through the form and told me which
sections I needed to fill out, which ones to leave blank, and which ones to
simply write “nanny” on. It ended up
being really easy with his help (wish I had written his badge number down so I
could give him a shout out).
You can file for a business number online in about 5 minutes
or you can mail in a form…OR if you’re like me, you can first print off the
form, fill it in, mail it in, and THEN discover that you can do it in 5 minutes
online, go that route instead and call it a day.
Link to online business number registration, click HERE.
Link to online business number registration, click HERE.
Hi! Awesome blog, very helpful. I got the link from a facebook page I belong to. You can now expect thousands of doctor mommies to start looking at your blog. Question: any chance you want to share the filled our screenshot of the filled out form (deidentified of course) so that the rest of us can benefit from your time on the phone with CRA?
ReplyDeleteHi Tuna,
DeleteThanks so much for your kind words. It always brings me such joy to hear that people have found the blog helpful. :-) You know I would be more than happy to share my form with everyone, but I actually didn't save it. This is somewhat of an anomaly for me as I typically file every document away, but I searched through all of my files for you this morning and I must have tossed it once I got my registration confirmation form in the mail. Sorry I couldn't be more help on this one, but always happy to share so if you come across anything else, feel free to ask, and thanks for sharing my blog with your doctor mommy networks!