Monday, 30 January 2012

How To Get A Business Credit Card

By Gianny Richards


Major business expenses in Canada are handled through business credit cards that are granted to company executives to spend specifically on the business. This enables a distinction between personal and corporate use.

Having said that, you should understand that business credit cards are not obligatory, if you know how to differentiate between personal and business expenditure. With business credit cards in Canada, you have the flexibility to purchase required supplies for the company, pay for urgent products, for travel expenses and so on. Some credit companies in Canada also offer benefits for using business credit cards, such as free airline ticket and cash back reward.

Having said this, it's not a very easy task to get a business credit card in Canada, especially if you just have established a small organization. These credit cards are very easy to obtain only if you have a large organization running, otherwise for small businesses, the cards are initially taken along with your personal credit card. This means that until the business card is not reported or filed with a major business credit database, credit card companies will bill the business credit on to your personal credit.

Business credit cards are good enough mostly for executives who have a good personal credit record, because that personal credit will be supporting the business credit for critical times. The loss faced by the business will have to be compensated by your personal credit. Now if you don't have a good personal credit, you could get in a serious crisis, where you would lose business as well as a good credit score.

Understand the fact that when you use your business credit card in its initial phases, whatever debt incurred on that would also show up on your personal credit score. This could harm your financial reputation, and would make it even more difficult to obtain any further loans.

While the business credit card is meant to be used for the organization, it is signed by one single person who will be held liable for any issues with the card. And if there is any bad credit on the business credit card, the person who signed for it will be held liable. During such a crisis, legal help should be taken without delay.

People using personal credit cards in Canada have the flexibility of getting help from the company when they give a "claim" for any defective product bought under the card. The credit company does not intervene for any mishap occurring on the purchase through business credit cards. This is because the business credit card is not used by a single individual; rather it's of an enterprise.

Though, Canada's business credit cards could offer you good cash rewards for your business, it is suggested that you get one only when your business is strong enough. If your business is a small startup, it would be very difficult to get a fully functional business credit card.




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