Tag: hst

Tag: hst

Condo Builders Leasing Units Triggers HST Self-Supply

This article is not intended to provide any accounting or tax advice, but merely to illustrate to condo builders some serious consequences of leasing their inventory...

Everyone’s a “Builder”, but what does that mean in terms of HST?

For purposes below referring to a “house” includes a condo as well.  Did you know that CRA will consider you a “Builder” if:1)       You are an...

Real Estate Law: Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST)

In the OREA standard form agreement (“OREA Agreement”), there is a blank space provided where it should be indicated whether taxes are “included in” or “in...

Some Notes on Municipal Tax Sales

GST On July 1, 2010, the Harmonize Sales Tax (HST) will replace GST in Ontario. However, the province’s municipal tax sales legislation precedes the federal GST...

THE NEW HST: What all Home Buyers are Asking!

As part of its provincial budget, the Ontario government chartered a bill on March 26, 2009 that will adopt a single sales tax system tagged as...

SOME BASIC REAL ESTATE TAX STRATEGIES

Proactive and preemptive tax strategizing is important when filing an income tax return.  The income and excise taxation of Canadian real estate would primarily depend on...