Running Your Canadian Business: GST/HST filing, payroll and records

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I'm learning "Running Your Canadian Business: GST/HST filing, payroll and records" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "The yearly rhythm of a small business".

What the lesson teaches:
- How often - Job - Where it comes from in this course
- Every sale - Charge GST/HST if registered, keep the invoice - Lesson 2
- Every week - Save receipts, update your sales and expense list - Lesson 6
- Every month - Reconcile the bank account; remit payroll if you have staff - Lessons 5 and 6
- Every GST/HST period - File the return and pay what you owe - Lesson 3
- Every February - Give out and file T4 slips if you had employees - Lesson 5
- Once a year - Income tax return for you or your corporation - Lesson 7

The exercise I'm working on:
Create the "Business deadlines" calendar and the weekly and monthly events. Write down your BN and which GST/HST reporting period you think you have (or "not registered yet").

I'm stuck. Please:
1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example.
2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step.
3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.

I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "The yearly rhythm of a small business" from the course "Running Your Canadian Business: GST/HST filing, payroll and records".

Here's what the lesson says:
A garden has jobs that come back every season: planting, watering, picking. A business is the same. Some jobs come every week, some every month, some once a year. If you know the calendar, nothing surprises you. Before this course: Start a Small Business in Canada: Registration, HST and Banking (course 2.1). You should already have a business structure, a Business Number (BN) and a basic record folder. If you cannot say what the $30,000 small supplier rule is, review course 2.1, Lesson 4 first.

The activity:
Create the "Business deadlines" calendar and the weekly and monthly events. Write down your BN and which GST/HST reporting period you think you have (or "not registered yet").

Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words.
Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.