Guides to getting paid online

Direct answers, with the rules from Revenu Québec, the Canada Revenue Agency and Québec's consumer protection office linked at the source.

• How to send a payment link to a customer

  The 5 steps to send a payment link to a customer in Canada: what to write, which channel to use, how to keep it from looking like phishing, and what Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation says.

• Invoicing online in Québec: GST, QST and required information

  How to calculate GST (5%) and QST (9.975%), what to show on an invoice depending on the amount, the $30,000 threshold and the French-language rule, from Revenu Québec, the CRA and the Charter.

• Offering installment payments to your customers: options and pitfalls

  Split invoice, buy now pay later, or instalment sale: the three ways to let customers pay over time in Québec and Canada, who carries the risk, and when Québec's Consumer Protection Act comes into play.