Canada Support (Ontario first)
in progress
Robert Szabo
Run your Canadian makerspace on MakerVera: sell in Canadian dollars, give members receipts that work for HST, and follow Ontario's rules without workarounds.
What's being built
* Sell in CAD across memberships, classes, the store, gift cards and discount codes.
* HST on checkout and receipts, with your legal business name and GST/HST number, plus a filing report for your period.
* Ontario gift card rules handled for you: cards never expire and have no fees.
* Clear sign-up terms: renewal, cancellation and refund terms shown before payment, with a copy emailed to the buyer.
* Email consent built in: members opt in to promotional email, consent is recorded, and one link unsubscribes.
* Set your province once, and MakerVera applies the rules for your area automatically.
* Member privacy tools: export everything held about a member, and remove a member's personal details while keeping the financial records you must keep.
* Ongoing accessibility work toward WCAG 2.0 AA on member pages, with a conformance report you can share.
Good to know
* Ontario first; other provinces follow. Tell us yours in the comments.
* Not-for-profit board and AGM tools (voting memberships, registers, meeting notices) are a separate request: upvote "Board & AGM tools for not-for-profit makerspaces" on the Feature Requests board if you need them: https://makervera.canny.io/feature-requests/p/board-agm-tools-for-not-for-profit-makerspaces
* MakerVera helps you meet these rules; it isn't legal or tax advice.
Upvote or comment with your province, or the piece you need first.
Robert Szabo
Update: work has started.
* Groundwork for selling in CAD. Items priced in a currency your makerspace doesn’t sell in can’t be bought by mistake, and store order emails show the total in the order’s currency (like CA$25.00).
* Groundwork for HST. Tax is charged only once you’re marked registered for your tax jurisdiction, and tax on memberships and add-ons now shows in the collected-tax report.
Still to come: setting your country and province, with your area’s rules applied automatically; CAD across memberships, classes, the store, gift cards and discount codes; HST on checkout and receipts with your business name and GST/HST number, plus a filing report; Ontario gift card rules; sign-up terms shown before payment; email consent; member privacy tools; and the accessibility work.
Robert Szabo
updated the status to
in progress
Robert Szabo
updated the status to
planned