Alberta Certificates of Status are issued by the Alberta Corporate Registry for Alberta companies. Sometimes these are called Certificates of Good Standing or Certificates of Compliance and all companies registered in all jurisdictions in Canada and for that matter all countries can obtain these certificates when needed. In the Alberta jurisdiction they are called Certificates of Status.

You may need to order an Alberta Certificate of Status when some other company or government office requests you to provide proof your Alberta company is in compliance with all of its filings and statute requirements.

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.

The government does not refund the money if the Certificate of Status cannot be issued. Basically it will issue a Certificate of Status that indicates the Alberta company is not in compliance and you will then need to file any outstanding Alberta annual returns and order a new Certificate of Status. Certificates of Status are costly so if you know in advance you have not made your filings you should at the least ensure all Alberta annual returns are filed before ordering your Certificate of Status. If you have some outstanding tax returns but have not been dissolved then you will still receive a favourable Certificate of Status as long as your annual returns have been filed with the Alberta Corporate Registry. Basically if too many years go by without filing your federal tax returns the Canada Revenue Agency requests 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.

Resources for Canadian Business Owners can assist you with an Alberta Certificate of Good Standing and Alberta Company Searches as well as other legal and government registrations and searches.

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