4. Payment

What determines that you get paid

Each Code With Us opportunity is tagged with a fixed dollar amount. Getting paid that amount is dependent on you meeting all of the acceptance criteria. This should be signified by your final pull request being merged, and a comment from the opportunity contact on the pull request or issue stating that all of the criteria has been met.

Once this is done, you submit an invoice to the opportunity contact for payment.

Invoicing for payment

The opportunity contact will provide the details of who to make the invoice out to.

The amount on your invoice should be the fixed dollar amount that was stated in the opportunity. If you normally charge GST in your business, you can add it on top of the fixed price.

Example: If the fixed dollar amount was $3,000, make your invoice for $3,000 plus $150 GST (Total = $3,150).

Make sure your invoice includes:

• Date
• Legal Name or Legal Business Name
• A brief description of the work, referencing the specific title of the opportunity

Payment options

Currently, your options for payment are:

• Credit card payment online through a secure payment method that generates a receipt with the developers legal information (e.g. PayPal)
• Direct Deposit (EFT)
• Cheque

Getting paid via credit card

You can use any secure, online credit card payment system provided the Province of B.C. does not need to signup for the service and that it generates a receipt with the necessary information.

Getting setup with PayPal

If you want to get paid via PayPal, you'll need a business account.

• Signing up for a PayPal business account

Once you have your PayPal Business account, you will need to create a “Pay Now” button/email link and set the $ amount to the the fixed price label included in the GitHub issue (e.g. $1000). Remember, we work in Canadian dollars.

• Add a PayPal buy now button

Getting paid via direct deposit (EFT)

If you’re not already registered as a supplier to the Province of B.C., you’ll need to submit this information to the opportunity contact:

• Legal Name or Business Name
• Billing address
• Phone number

Then, to get set up to receive an EFT payment, you’ll need to complete the Direct Deposit Application form and mail it to the opportunity contact with either a VOID cheque or bank stamp. (The good news is, once you’ve done this once, you’ll be all set up to receive direct deposits for any future work you do for the Province of B.C.)

Getting paid by cheque

If you’re not already registered as a vendor with the Province of B.C., you’ll need to submit this information to the opportunity contact:

• Legal Name or Business Name
• Billing address
• Phone number

Taxes and fees

You are responsible to determine, manage and pay any:

• taxes, such as income tax and GST
• fees or applicable payments that may be incurred as a result of the payment (e.g. banking fees).