1. Country-Specific Features
  2. Canada Help Topics
  3. Canada Account Setup

Canada Account Setup

Setting up an account for an organization doing business in Canada usually requires enabling several features and installing some additional SuiteApps.

Enabling Features

Some features available in your NetSuite account can be very important or even essential for users in Canada. If they are inactive, you should consider enabling them. Follow the instructions below to enable most common features beneficial for users in Canada. However, if you want to get access to some specific product area, go to the Functional Areas help topic and check the exact requirements.

If you don’t have sufficient permissions to enable features, please contact your account administrator.

To enable most common features:

  1. Go to Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features (Administrator).

  2. On the Company subtab, go to the International subtab, and check the Multi–language and Multiple Currencies boxes.

  3. (Optional) On the Accounting subtab, go to the Basic features section and check the GL Audit Numbering box.

  4. (Optional) On the Accounting subtab, go to the Advanced features section and check the Period End Journal Entries and Foreign Currency Variance Mapping boxes.

  5. On the SuiteCloud subtab, enable the features under the following sections:

    • SuiteBuilder

    • SuiteScript

    • SuiteGL

    • SuiteFlow

    For more information about SuiteCloud features, see SuiteCloud Features.

  6. If your company is registered for the EU OSS VAT scheme, on the Tax subtab check the EU One Stop Shop box.

  7. Click Save.

Available SuiteApps

Some additional features will only become active if you install a specific SuiteApp to your NetSuite account. SuiteApps are applications that extend NetSuite for specific industry and business needs. If you would like to get access to some specific product area, go to the Functional Areas help topic and check which SuiteApps are required to be installed. Canada-specific features are currently available in the following SuiteApps:

Feature

Area

Description

Canada Sales Tax Reports

Accounting

Provides support for the GST34 Worksheet report.

Country-Specific Address Forms

Provides address forms formatted for Canada and other countries.

Electronic Bank Payments

Payments

Provides Canadian payment formats to enable businesses to pay vendor bills and employee expenses, and receive payments from customers within Canada.

To learn more about SuiteApps installation, see Installing a Bundle.

For more information about SuiteApps, see NetSuite SuiteApps.

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