Compliance
DMA’s Canada Sales Tax Compliance service helps organizations meet ongoing filing, reporting, and remittance obligations across federal and provincial tax regimes—accurately, consistently, and on time.
Our experienced compliance professionals manage the full compliance lifecycle, including:
- Preparation and filing of GST/HST, QST, and PST returns
- Review of transactional data and tax calculations
- Reconciliation of tax accounts and input tax credits
- Monitoring of filing calendars, deadlines, and jurisdictional requirements
- Support for notices, inquiries, and follow-up requests from tax authorities
By combining skilled tax professionals with automation-enabled processes, DMA reduces compliance risk, improves accuracy, and frees internal tax teams to focus on higher-value initiatives. Compliance services can be delivered on a fully outsourced or co-sourced basis, depending on your needs.
Recovery
DMA’s Canada Sales Tax Recovery service is designed to identify GST/HST, QST, and PST overpayments, missed input tax credits, and refund opportunities—while also addressing the root causes of recurring errors.
Our customizable recovery process is tailored to your business and transaction profile. DMA’s Canada sales tax team:
- Identifies potential tax overpayments and refund opportunities
- Prepares detailed schedules and supporting documentation
- Cites applicable federal and provincial statutes and guidance
- Substantiates findings with taxing authorities, subject to your approval
We also pursue refunds and credits directly with the appropriate jurisdictions and, at the conclusion of the review, provide targeted training and process recommendations to help prevent future errors. Ongoing technical support is available to address emerging Canada sales tax issues as your business evolves.
Audit Management & Defense
DMA’s Canada Sales Tax Audit Management & Defense service helps organizations manage current, upcoming, or historical GST/HST, QST, and PST audits—while minimizing exposure and reducing proposed assessments.
We tailor our service to your specific needs –managing the audit end-to-end or serving as a strategic advisor at any stage of the process, prior to statute expiration. Our audit services include:
- Retrieving invoices and organizing transactions by exemption or tax treatment
- Reviewing audit workpapers, methodology, and sampling techniques
- Identifying overpayments and calculation errors
- Evaluating penalty and interest assessments for potential waiver
- Documenting and presenting findings to taxing authorities
- Escalating unresolved issues through appropriate appeal channels
Whether acting as your primary audit representative or as a “second set of eyes,” DMA helps ensure audits are handled efficiently, defensibly, and with minimal disruption to your internal team.
Advisory
DMA’s Canada Sales Tax Advisory service supports organizations facing complex GST/HST, QST, and PST questions, transactional issues, and policy decisions.
Our advisory team combines technical tax expertise with practical business insight to help you:
- Analyze multi-jurisdiction Canadian sales tax issues
- Interpret evolving federal and provincial guidance
- Validate tax positions and internal policies
- Support ERP, system configuration, and process decisions
Through collaborative engagement, we provide well-documented analysis and research to support defensible positions and align sales tax strategy with broader operational objectives.
GST/HST/QST Registry Lookup Solution
DMA’s GST/HST/QST Registry Lookup Solution streamlines supplier validation and reduces manual effort associated with Canadian sales tax compliance.
DMA’s proprietary technology solution automates supplier verification by validating data directly against the Canada Revenue Agency GST/HST/QST Registry. It confirms:
- Correct supplier name matching
- Active and valid GST/HST/QST registration status
- Registration validity as of the transaction date
Our powerful solution delivers a clear data output identifying valid and invalid suppliers, enabling your team to focus only on required corrections—or allowing DMA’s Canada sales tax professionals to assist directly.
By automating supplier validation, DMA’s Registry Lookup Solution improves data accuracy, reduces compliance risk, and increases overall tax efficiency.
