You (or the purchaser or transferee) must complete Form CBS-1, Notice of Sale, Purchase, or Transfer of Business Assets. Consider all costs at time of acquisition or construction.The election provides for no GST (or HST in the HST provinces) to be payable in respect of the purchase and sale of the assets and reduces the cash. When completing Form 1041, you must take into account any items that are IRD. When accounting for the purchase of a business, including goodwill and GST, you will need to record the transaction in your balance sheet. The certification of origin may cover a single entry or multiple entries in a period not to exceed 12 months. Both the seller and purchaser of a group of assets that makes up a trade or business must use Form 8594 to report such a sale.