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.
Sometimes you will be required to provide an Alberta Certificate of Status to another company that wants to do business with you or to a bank or other financial institution.
The Alberta Certificate of Status indicates whether the company is in good standing. This means that the Alberta company must have filed all of its corporate annual returns and has not been dissolved. You cannot find out whether the company has filed all of its tax returns. If the Alberta company has not done its appropriate filings the Alberta Certificate of Status will not be clear.
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.
Sometimes you will be required to provide an Alberta Certificate of Status to another company that wants to do business with you or to a bank or other financial institution.
The Alberta Certificate of Status indicates whether the company is in good standing. This means that the Alberta company must have filed all of its corporate annual returns and has not been dissolved. You cannot find out whether the company has filed all of its tax returns. If the Alberta company has not done its appropriate filings the Alberta Certificate of Status will not be clear.
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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