Benefits of registering as a business

[lplplp]

how do you register your business in Ontario and ensure no one has the same name you want to use?

Hi, you should be able to register your business with an accountant. I haven't registered my home daycare, but my husband is also self employed and registered his business with our personal accountant. He was asked to provide 3 names for his business (in order of what name he wanted the most to the least) so that if his first choice was already used by someone else, the accountant had a couple back ups. Our accountant did all the paper work, my husband just had to sign the papers. Pretty simple. So, I would suggest inquiring with an accountant in your area.

[Roger21]

Hi, you should be able to register your business with an accountant. I haven't registered my home daycare, but my husband is also self employed and registered his business with our personal accountant. He was asked to provide 3 names for his business (in order of what name he wanted the most to the least) so that if his first choice was already used by someone else, the accountant had a couple back ups. Our accountant did all the paper work, my husband just had to sign the papers. Pretty simple. So, I would suggest inquiring with an accountant in your area.

Honestly I hope he didn get charged for that. It's just a paper at the registry and that's it.

The CRA won't know about your "business" until you fill your tax forms, which are actually just "source of income from own business".

If you really want to register your own business you will have to incorporate, but for a dayhome that wouldn't be worth it.