Most stationery stores carry blank share certificates. There are a number of administrative requirements, such as filing a Notice of Change of Registered Office if you move, and a Notice of Directors if directors change. However, the key requirement is to file an annual return with the Corporations Branch. An annual return is the annual filing requirement that maintains your corporation's existence and verifies the information we have in our records is correct. Corporations Branch generates the annual return and sends it to the corporation's mailing address approximately 6 weeks before the due date.
Annual returns are due one month after the anniversary of the date of incorporation.
If an annual return is not received within four months of the due date, the Corporation will be struck from the Register of Corporations. Corporations that carry on business without being on the Register of Corporations do so contrary to The Business Corporations Act . A corporation is an artificial person or entity that has its own existence or identity that is separate and distinct from its shareholders. A corporation may acquire real property and enter into contracts. It is also responsible for its own acts, liabilities and obligations.