CloseMyBusiness.ca helps you close in the right order. See your options side by side, what each could leave you with, and what you could still owe personally. Start free. Bring in a consultant if you would rather not do it alone.
Free · 6 questions · about 2 minutesDirectors can be personally liable for some unpaid CRA amounts. Know where you stand before you pay anyone out.
CRA, Service Canada, provincial registries, workers' comp, municipal licensing. Each has its own forms, deadlines and portal.
Directors can be held personally liable for certain unpaid payroll remittances and GST/HST. Personal guarantees do not end when the business does.
Your accountant files. Your lawyer handles claims. Nobody puts it in order and keeps you from paying out too soon. A full-service consultant can cost more than a struggling business has left.
We assess, plan, coordinate and coach. Your own accountant and lawyer do the work that needs a licence. You always know what is next, why it matters and who is doing it.
A free check shows which routes may be open, a rough after-tax range for each, and the red flags to look at first, such as unpaid CRA amounts or personal guarantees.
A step-by-step plan with deadlines, a budget and a list of what could go wrong. Do it yourself with guided steps, or bring in a consultant.
We brief your accountant and lawyer on exactly what to do and in what order, review your liquidation statement, and coach you through creditors and employees.
CloseMyBusiness.ca is not a law firm, an accounting firm or an insolvency trustee. That is deliberate: it keeps the licensed work with licensed people.
Decide, sign and pay. Keep the information accurate. Hold payouts until your accountant says it is safe.
Assess options, build the plan, review the liquidation statement, brief your professionals, draft letters for review, and coach you.
Asks CRA for the clearance certificate, files final returns, and works out the tax on what you take out.
Responds to claims, handles disputes, and prepares dissolution documents where they are needed.
Proposals, bankruptcy and receivership. If this is you, we point you to a trustee first.
Timing depends on your situation. The CRA clearance certificate alone can take months, which is why the order matters. Pick a step to see what happens and who does it.
A short free check shows which routes may be open (wind up, sell, or see a trustee first), a rough after-tax range, and the red flags worth looking at first.
Answer honestly. Rough numbers are fine at this stage.
Runs the check and explains each flag.
If the flags point to insolvency, see a licensed insolvency trustee before anything else.
Everything goes into one closing record. It is sorted, checked for red flags and turned into your plan and your briefs. What you tell us stays confidential.
Built on Canadian closing rules for Ontario and federal corporations
Answer five questions for a preview of what usually comes up and who handles it. The full Closure Options Check uses your details and shows your options and rough numbers.
Illustrative preview only, based on general rules. It is not advice and not a plan for your business. The full Closure Options Check uses your own details.
Three moments from the product: the first conversation, the plan, and the help on each step. Sample data. The portal opens in 2027; until then your consultant builds these by hand.
One question at a time, with the reason for asking. Questions can be answered by a person or by the optional AI agent, which you switch on yourself.
Deadlines are built in, and the plan shows where you are waiting on someone else, like CRA.
Letters and notices are prepared for you and your professional to check before anything is sent.
Do it yourself, or hand the work to a consultant. You can upgrade at any time and pay only the difference between the new price and what you have already paid.
A short intake that shows which routes may be open, a rough after-tax range and the red flags worth looking at first. No card needed.
A paid call with a consultant: $50 for the first hour, then $100 an hour. Prepaid and booked in advance. Orientation and coaching only; not legal or tax advice.
Our founder has spent more than 20 years in corporate restructuring, including hundreds of wind-ups and turnarounds for owners in your position.
They are not a lawyer, CPA or insolvency trustee, and that is by design: the consultant coordinates, and the licensed professionals do the licensed work.
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No. CloseMyBusiness.ca provides information and prepared documents for professional review. We are not a law firm, an accounting firm or an insolvency trustee. Your accountant and lawyer give the advice that needs a licence.
Yes. Your accountant stays your accountant. We prepare a brief that tells them what to request and in what order, so they can act without chasing you for information.
Directors can be personally liable for certain unpaid CRA amounts. The free check flags this early. Talk to your accountant, and to a licensed insolvency trustee if you cannot pay.
Then a licensed insolvency trustee is the right first call. We will say so, help you prepare for that meeting, and not sell you a closing plan that may not be safe.
Everything you tell us is confidential. We share it only if you instruct us in writing, or if a subpoena or court order requires it, which we expect to be very rare. It is not legally privileged, as it would be with a lawyer.
Only if you switch the optional AI agent on in the portal. It answers questions and explains options; it does not give legal or tax advice and does not file anything.
Yes. Stopping operations is not the same as closing: filings and CRA accounts can stay open. The free check is a good place to start.
To begin with, corporations incorporated in Ontario and federal (CBCA) corporations. Other provinces and structures are coming; join the waitlist in the preview above.
Closing well is not failing. Start with the free Closure Options Check and see where you stand, whatever you decide.
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