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Business Income

Start with the Canadian tax terms used when income is earned through self-employment or a sole proprietorship.

This subsection covers the core Canadian tax terms that appear when income is earned outside a normal employee-payroll relationship.

What Belongs Here

Use this subsection when the question is about self-employed reporting, sole-proprietor activity, or the business-income language that later feeds into a personal return.

Best Starting Pages

Practical Reader Path

  • Start with Business Income if you are still deciding what type of income you are looking at.
  • Start with Sole Proprietorship if the question is about structure and who actually reports the income.
  • Move to Business Forms when the next question is which reporting form or statement is involved.

In this section

  • Business Income
    Learn what business income means in Canadian tax context and why it changes records, deductions, and filing workflow.
  • Sole Proprietorship
    Learn what a sole proprietorship means in Canadian tax context and why it does not create a separate personal income-tax filer.