An Alberta Certificate of Status is obtained from the Alberta government. It can sometimes be called a Certificate of Compliance or a Certificate of Good Standing. Any company incorporated in Canada can obtain a certificate of status for its jurisdiction. In Alberta they are called Certificate of Status.
Basically an Alberta Certificate of Status is required when you need to provide someone or some other company with the assurance that your Alberta company is in good standing.
Being in good standing means that the company is still active and has not been dissolved for non-filing of federal and/or provincial tax returns or non-filing of the Alberta annual returns. The Alberta Corporate Registry sends out the Alberta annual return to the registered office address for the company each year and if the address is not correct then it is possible that the Alberta company could be in default of filing if it does not receive and file the return.
The Alberta Certificate of Status will show the current name of the company on record, the date of incorporation of the Alberta company and the Alberta Access Number of the company.
If the Alberta company is not in compliance when you order the Alberta Certificate of Status, it will be issued anyway and it will confirm the company is in non-compliance. If you really need the certificate you will need to bring the company in compliance which would mean ensuring all of its Alberta annual return filings are brought up-to-date. Alberta Certificates are costly so you want to ensure your filings are current before you order the Alberta Certificate of Status otherwise you will have to pay twice. Even if you have outstanding federal or provincial tax returns and have not been dissolved yet, you will get a favourable Alberta Certificate of Status. How this works is if you do not make your tax return filings eventually the federal government will force the Alberta Corporate Registry to dissolve your company.
A Certificate of Status is not an Alberta corporate search. If you are trying to determine information about an Alberta company you should have an Alberta corporate search done rather than ordering a Certificate of Status.
Basically an Alberta Certificate of Status is required when you need to provide someone or some other company with the assurance that your Alberta company is in good standing.
Being in good standing means that the company is still active and has not been dissolved for non-filing of federal and/or provincial tax returns or non-filing of the Alberta annual returns. The Alberta Corporate Registry sends out the Alberta annual return to the registered office address for the company each year and if the address is not correct then it is possible that the Alberta company could be in default of filing if it does not receive and file the return.
The Alberta Certificate of Status will show the current name of the company on record, the date of incorporation of the Alberta company and the Alberta Access Number of the company.
If the Alberta company is not in compliance when you order the Alberta Certificate of Status, it will be issued anyway and it will confirm the company is in non-compliance. If you really need the certificate you will need to bring the company in compliance which would mean ensuring all of its Alberta annual return filings are brought up-to-date. Alberta Certificates are costly so you want to ensure your filings are current before you order the Alberta Certificate of Status otherwise you will have to pay twice. Even if you have outstanding federal or provincial tax returns and have not been dissolved yet, you will get a favourable Alberta Certificate of Status. How this works is if you do not make your tax return filings eventually the federal government will force the Alberta Corporate Registry to dissolve your company.
A Certificate of Status is not an Alberta corporate search. If you are trying to determine information about an Alberta company you should have an Alberta corporate search done rather than ordering a Certificate of Status.
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