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Which handles GST/HST/QST across provinces with less setup? This comparison is written for Quebec specifically: Quebec uses the GST+QST model — GST (federal) 0.05% + QST (provincial) 0.09975%, 0.14975% combined. GST and QST are separate taxes with separate registrations, and QST is filed with Revenu Québec. HelloBooks in Canada is $20 – $50 per month, billed annually; QuickBooks Online's pricing model is described rather than reprinted, so nothing on this page goes quietly out of date.
Showing Quebec, Canada — CAD, GST/HST, YYYY-MM-DD.
Both handle provincial tax codes properly. QuickBooks has the more complete French experience; HelloBooks applies place of supply automatically and does not charge per corporation.
For a Quebec business the practical test is narrow: does the product handle gst+qst · 0.14975% combined without you configuring it per transaction, and can your CPA work in it without another licence? Supplies with a place of supply in Quebec are taxed at 0.14975% (GST (federal) 0.05% + QST (provincial) 0.09975%).
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| Criterion | Built for this market | Built for this market |
|---|---|---|
| Place-of-supply taxApplying the right provincial tax based on where the customer is, not where you are. | Automatic by customer province — Fully supported | Provincial tax codes — Fully supported |
| QST handlingTreating Quebec Sales Tax as a distinct tax with its own registration and return. | QST tracked and reported separately — Fully supported | QST supported — Supported with a caveat |
| Local tax return from the ledgerWhether the periodic indirect-tax return is built from posted transactions, or has to be assembled somewhere else. | GST/HST return from the ledger — Fully supported | GST/HST return prepared — Fully supported |
| Bilingual documentsEnglish and French invoices and statements, as Quebec and federal buyers require. | English and French templates — Supported with a caveat | Full French interface — Fully supported |
| Bank feedsHow transactions get in: a live connection to the bank, or a file you download and upload. | Big five plus credit unions — Fully supported | Big five plus credit unions — Fully supported |
| Multiple entitiesWhether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one. | Included — Fully supported | One company per subscription — Not supported |
| Accountant accessWhether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat. | Free, unlimited — Fully supported | Free accountant seat — Fully supported |
| Pricing modelHow the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume. | Per organisation — Fully supported | Per company, seat-limited tiers — Limited |
| Local supportSupport in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules. | ET business hours — Fully supported | Canadian support — Fully supported |
Place-of-supply tax
Applying the right provincial tax based on where the customer is, not where you are.
QST handling
Treating Quebec Sales Tax as a distinct tax with its own registration and return.
Local tax return from the ledger
Whether the periodic indirect-tax return is built from posted transactions, or has to be assembled somewhere else.
Bilingual documents
English and French invoices and statements, as Quebec and federal buyers require.
Bank feeds
How transactions get in: a live connection to the bank, or a file you download and upload.
Multiple entities
Whether a second legal entity fits in the same subscription or needs a second one.
Accountant access
Whether your advisor gets a login, and whether that login costs a seat.
Pricing model
How the bill scales — per user, per company, per module, or per transaction volume.
Local support
Support in local hours, in local languages, by people who know the local rules.
We do not reprint QuickBooks Online's prices. Their pricing model is described in the cost section below, with a link to their own page and the date we last checked it.
Feature lists are long and mostly identical. These are the three or four places the two products genuinely diverge.
Why it matters: Cross-province sellers get this wrong more often than they realise.
Why it matters: QST is filed with a different authority.
Why it matters: Each registered corporation files its own return.
CAD billing with place-of-supply tax and QST handled natively.
Long-established Canadian edition with GST/HST and QST handling.
Same in Quebec as everywhere else in Canada — pricing is national, not regional.
Prices are in CAD and exclude GST/HST/QST, which is applied at your place of supply. Per organisation with unlimited users. Verified .
We describe the pricing model rather than reprinting prices. A copied price goes stale without warning; a pricing model does not.
QuickBooks Online
Per company file, tiered by feature, with seat limits per tier.
Current QuickBooks Online pricing (opens on the vendor’s own site) ↗ · model checked
Whichever you pick, these are the obligations the software has to satisfy for a business registered in Quebec.
| Requirement | What it demands | HelloBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Place-of-supply rulesLegal requirement · CRA ↗ | The applicable tax follows the place of supply, not the seller location, so a national seller applies different rates per customer province. | Covered |
| Small supplier thresholdLegal requirement · CRA ↗ | Registration becomes mandatory once worldwide taxable supplies exceed the small-supplier threshold over four consecutive calendar quarters. | Covered |
| QST registration for QuebecLegal requirement · Revenu Québec ↗ | Supplying into Quebec can require a separate QST registration and filing with Revenu Québec alongside the federal return. | Covered |
| French-language commercial documentsLegal requirement · Office québécois de la langue française ↗ | Invoices, contracts, and customer-facing documents used in Quebec must be available in French. | Partly covered |
| T4A slips for contractor paymentsLegal requirement · CRA ↗ | Certain payments to contractors and service providers must be reported on a T4A information slip. | Partly covered |
Quebec uses the GST+QST model — GST (federal) 0.05% + QST (provincial) 0.09975%, 0.14975% combined. GST and QST are separate taxes with separate registrations, and QST is filed with Revenu Québec.
Region authority: Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) ↗ · Quebec compliance guide
Partly. Quebec uses the GST+QST model — GST (federal) 0.05% + QST (provincial) 0.09975%, 0.14975% combined. GST and QST are separate taxes with separate registrations, and QST is filed with Revenu Québec. The national GST/HST rules are the same wherever you are registered, so the software shortlist barely moves — what moves is the configuration. Anything you choose has to handle gst+qst · 0.14975% combined correctly on every invoice without you remembering to set it per transaction.
Supplies with a place of supply in Quebec are taxed at 0.14975% (GST (federal) 0.05% + QST (provincial) 0.09975%). GST and QST are separate taxes with separate registrations, and QST is filed with Revenu Québec. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is the authority to check for anything region-specific — see https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/businesses/topics/gst-hst-businesses/gst-hst-account/register-account.html.
Pricing is national, not regional: $20 and $50 per month, billed annually, in CAD, plus a free tier. Prices are in CAD and exclude GST/HST/QST, which is applied at your place of supply. Prices are per organisation with unlimited users, so a business in Quebec pays the same as one anywhere else in Canada.
Yes. Long-established Canadian edition with GST/HST and QST handling. GST/HST, PST, and QST with provincial tax codes.
We do not restate QuickBooks Online's prices here, because a copied price goes stale silently and a stale price is worse than no price. QuickBooks Online charges on this basis: Per company file, tiered by feature, with seat limits per tier — check https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ca/pricing/ for current figures. HelloBooks in Canada is $20 to $50 per month, billed annually, per organisation, with unlimited users.
Yes. Opening balances, customer and vendor masters, and transaction history are migrated as part of onboarding, and the migration is included rather than quoted separately. For a Quebec business that also means your GST/HST number details and GST/HST settings are configured for gst+qst · 0.14975% combined before you start posting.
In practice the shortlist here is usually QuickBooks Online, Xero, Wave — those are the products with the most local install base and the most CPAs who already know them. That familiarity is a genuine cost saving, and it is the main reason to stay put if nothing else is broken.
Yes, and at no extra cost. Advisors get their own login with their own permissions, and the seat is free — so bringing in a Quebec-based CPA does not change your bill. That matters most where the advisor relationship, not the software, is the real switching cost.
Looking for the national view? HelloBooks vs QuickBooks Online (global)
Each market has its own tax regime, currency, and shortlist of incumbents. Switch to the one where your business is registered.
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