Going solo and making a living: registration, sales taxes, insurance, pricing, quotes and contracts, explained simply.
Self-employed workers are the backbone of Quebec's service trades. They choose their clients and hours, but they also carry the paperwork: business registration, GST and QST, income tax, insurance, quotes and invoices.
This category gives you the steps, thresholds and best practices, with worked examples, so you spend less time on admin and more on paying contracts.
How to write a quote that wins: scope, itemized price, taxes, timelines and payment stages, with an annotated template and the mistakes that lose you…
Sandrine Côté · October 30, 2026 · 8 min readHow to become self-employed in Quebec: legal structure, $41 registration, the $30,000 GST/QST threshold, QPP, CNESST, RBQ licences and contracts, in…
Mathieu Ouellet · October 29, 2026 · 8 min readYour self-employed hourly rate, the simple way: calculate it from your target income, your expenses, your non-billable hours and taxes, with 3 exampl…
Sandrine Côté · October 29, 2026 · 7 min readRegister business Quebec: when it is required (a name other than yours, partnerships), when it is optional, the online steps, the $41 fee and the NEQ.
Sandrine Côté · October 29, 2026 · 8 min readGST QST self-employed in Québec: the $30,000 small supplier test over four quarters, the effective date, voluntary registration and proper invoices.
Mathieu Ouellet · October 29, 2026 · 7 min read