Taxes (I'm canadian)

Discussion in 'Affiliate Programs' started by so5, Aug 17, 2007.

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    Hi All. I've started to finally make some income from affiliate marketing and am keeping aside some of my revenues to pay taxes.

    I just wanna double check that what I have to keep a track of for tax purposes is how much I'm being sent (by affiliate companies and adsense) and then just basically add that to what I"m making at my 9-5 as my revenue?

    Thanks.
     
    so5, Aug 17, 2007 IP
  2. so5

    so5 Active Member

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    uh...so should i be led to assume that nobody actually declares their revenue? :p
     
    so5, Aug 18, 2007 IP
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    basically :cool:
     
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    so5 Active Member

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    soooooooo....then nobody here actually files? I'm very uneasy about the idea of not declaring tho...
     
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    m0rtal Well-Known Member

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    #5
    You don't need to keep track of your 9-5 as you get your T4 at the end of the year.

    You can do affiliate marketing as a home business separate from your regular job. And no you don't need to register a business/name to write it off as business income / expenses.
     
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    Declare it like professional income but also declare all your expenses(hosting, Adword, publicity....) :D

    Or create an official company like I did($40/year). It still added to your work income but it also help to be a company.

    My 2c
     
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    Hi There,
    I've been working for an accountant this summer. What you should do is simply start a business on the side. This can be a sole propriotership, but you can also choose to have a corporation (private one). The last option costs about $200 yearly depending in which province you are. Otherwise it's just $40 or so.

    You won't need to collect PST or GST since ClickBank already takes care of this. However, you should declare your income.

    In a Quebec tax return, you would fill in lines 162 to 170 with your business income info.

    Simply Accounting is a great help to calculate profitibility.

    Otherwise, I'm struggling with affiliate marketing. If this reply helped you a bit, maybe you can PM me and help me out. I would even be able to help you more in-depth with your taxes...

    Thanks!
     
    damianm2, Aug 20, 2007 IP
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    damianm2

    I was looking for this infor and spent sometim on the net , your post has helped me ...I was wondering if I need to declare PST and GST for my clickbank sales.....I make decent money online and can help you on this...send me a pm and we can take it up from there
     
    zk5182, Sep 30, 2008 IP