I was in the bank today at about 3:30pm or so to make a payment by cheque to the Receiver General. It was for HST from a Business account. I have been working for this company for over 7 years and have always made deposits and Revenue Canada payments at this branch. Today, I was told that I could not make the payment as I am not on the account. I am not on the account as I am employed by the company on Contract as the bookkeeper. I will never be on the account. I was then told the only other alternative was to open a personal account at the TD. I questioned this as it did not seem to make any sense. The cheque was a business cheque signed by authorized signatories for the business and the cheque was made out to the Receiver General. Why would I have to open an account to pay a bill by a cheque from the company. After not getting any real answer as to why or than it was policy, I left and went to the branch in Newmarket. I had to get this paid as the HST was due and I was not about to open an account. Needless to say I had no problem paying the bill with the cheque I had. I then asked to speak to the manager of that branch to get an explanation for the ordeal that I went through at the other branch. The manager was quite helpful and pleasant and apologized for what I went through. She recommended that I continue to go to her branch with regards to the Business account and that there is no such policy by the TD to open an account to pay a business account bill by cheque. The drive into Newmarket is not far but traffic is pretty bad on Davis at Hwy 404 at the end of the day. My suggestion for the TD is to get all their branches on the same page. I feel that this policy the other branch told me was something that was made up because they obviously had no idea how to pay a bill with a signed business cheque. I can understand a teller not knowing how to pay the bill (newbee) but I sure would expect the person in charge of the place would have a pretty good grasp on how things work. read more