Need An Alberta Certificate Of Status? Read This

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 November 2010 10:07 Written by Holly Crosgrey Monday, 14 June 2010 09:21

The Alberta government issues Alberta Certificates of Status. These certificates can also be referred to as Alberta Certificates of Compliance or Alberta Certificates of Good Standing. In Alberta they are called Certificates of Status.

The Alberta government issues Alberta Certificates of Status. These certificates can also be referred to as Alberta Certificates of Compliance or Alberta Certificates of Good Standing. In Alberta they are called Certificates 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.

An Alberta Certificate of Status will tell you whether the company has done all of its corporate filings and whether it is still an active company. It does not confirm that tax returns have been filed. Each year in Alberta a company must file what is called an Alberta Annual Return. If the company has not been doing its filings its Alberta Certificate of Status will not be clear.

An Alberta Certificate of Good Standing will also show the proper of the name of the company, the Alberta Access Number assigned to the company upon incorporation and the date of incorporation in Alberta.

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.