QuickBooks Self-Employed is winding down in Canada, and its U.S. replacement — Solopreneur — isn’t sold here. If you were a QBSE user, you need a new home built for the Canadian sole-proprietor job: a CRA tax set-aside, per-province GST/HST, and T2125-shaped categories.
VRITTI is being built for exactly that gap — calm, Canadian, and focused on the tax bill instead of a ledger you don’t need. It’s coming soon.
Early-bird $9.99/month or $89.99/year CAD (about $7.50/month), 14-day free trial. No payment today.
WHAT HAPPENED
Intuit removed QuickBooks Self-Employed from the Canadian App Store and Google Play in 2024 and stopped taking new Canadian sign-ups. It’s no longer actively developed here.
QBSE’s successor, QuickBooks Solopreneur, is built around the U.S. Schedule C form and isn’t sold in Canada. It won’t handle your T2125 or per-province GST/HST.
Intuit points former users to QuickBooks Online — a capable but heavier small-business product, priced and built for companies with employees. More than most sole proprietors need.
We wrote the deeper walk-through — how to export your data and where to land: QuickBooks Self-Employed is discontinued in Canada — what to do.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED
A sole proprietor doesn’t need payroll, inventory, or a 200-account ledger. Get these four right and tax time stops being frightening.
Nobody withholds tax for you. The one feature that prevents an April ambush: money quietly set aside as income arrives — income tax plus both halves of CPP (11.9% in 2026).
The $30,000 threshold is a rolling four-quarter test, and the rate you charge follows your client’s province — Ontario 13%, Nova Scotia 14%, BC is 5% GST + 7% PST (not “12% HST”).
Sole proprietors report on Form T2125, not a corporate return. Categories that line up to the T2125 turn tax time from a weekend of dread into an afternoon.
Owe more than $3,000 in net tax ($1,800 in Quebec)? The CRA expects quarterly instalments — March 15, June 15, September 15, December 15. A tool should see them coming.
Want your own number first? Try the free tax set-aside calculator — or read the self-employed taxes in Canada guide.
SIDE BY SIDE
| What matters | VRITTI | QBSE | QuickBooks Online |
|---|---|---|---|
| Available to new Canadian users | Coming soon — join waitlist | No (withdrawn 2024) | Yes |
| Built for the Canadian sole proprietor | Yes — the whole point | Partly (U.S. roots) | Small-business first |
| Automatic CRA tax set-aside | Yes — the core feature | No | No |
| Per-province GST/HST (2026 rates) | Yes | — | Yes |
| T2125-mapped categories | Yes | — | General ledger |
| Instalment dates surfaced | Yes | No | No |
| Right altitude for a freelancer | Sole-prop only | Was light | Heavier than needed |
| Early-bird price | $9.99/mo or $89.99/yr CAD | — | $20+/mo (EasyStart up) |
QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online are products of Intuit; VRITTI is not affiliated with Intuit. Comparison reflects publicly documented product availability and pricing as of July 2026.
HOW TO MOVE
Inside QBSE, export your transactions and reports to CSV, and download any receipt images you want to keep. Don’t wait until access ends.
The CRA generally expects you to keep business records for six years. Save a clean, labelled copy somewhere you control — not just in the old account.
Choose a tool built around the sole-proprietor job — tax set-aside, per-province GST/HST, T2125 categories — rather than a full business ledger you won’t use.
VRITTI is being built for exactly this gap. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you the moment it opens — nothing to install today.
A CRA tax set-aside that grows as income arrives — never a transfer of your money.
Per-province GST/HST at the correct 2026 rates, by your client’s province.
Expense categories mapped to Form T2125, not a U.S. chart of accounts.
Your instalment dates surfaced so April never ambushes you.
Your data always exportable. Statement imports (CSV/PDF) included in every plan.
Early-bird $9.99/month — locked in when Pro opens.
VRITTI tracks and sets aside — it never moves your money. Some features described here are still being built; we’ll say plainly what’s live the day it ships.
Effectively, yes. Intuit removed the QuickBooks Self-Employed app from the Canadian App Store and Google Play in 2024 and stopped accepting new Canadian sign-ups. Existing accounts still work for now, but the product is no longer actively developed for Canada, and Intuit steers former users toward QuickBooks Online — a heavier small-business product.
No. QuickBooks Solopreneur is the U.S. successor to QBSE and is built around the U.S. Schedule C tax form. It is not sold in Canada, so it does not handle T2125, per-province GST/HST, or CPP for the self-employed.
While your account is still active, export your transactions and reports to CSV from inside QBSE, and download any receipt images you want to keep. The CRA generally expects you to keep business records for six years, so save a clean copy before access ends — don’t rely on the account staying open.
The right landing spot is a tool built around the Canadian sole-proprietor job: a CRA tax set-aside, per-province GST/HST at the correct 2026 rates, and expense categories that map to Form T2125 — not a full small-business ledger you don’t need. VRITTI is being built for exactly that gap. It’s coming soon; you can join the waitlist to be told the moment it opens.
Nothing to install today. We’ll email you the moment VRITTI opens — and your early-bird price is locked in when it does.
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