Simon Thang will be speaking at the Law Society of Ontario’s 18th Real Estate Law Summit on April 19, 2021. He will be discussing GST/HST issues relating to real property including rebates, exemptions, and self-assessments to an audience of over …
Simon Thang will be speaking at the Law Society of Ontario’s 18th Real Estate Law Summit on April 19, 2021. He will be discussing GST/HST issues relating to real property including rebates, exemptions, and self-assessments to an audience of over …
Simon Thang was quoted in a Bloomberg BNA tax story about a recent Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax decision of the Federal Court of Appeal. The decision, Club Intrawest 2017 FCA 151 deals with membership fees for international …
This is the second in a series of posts on the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (“GST/HST”) and real estate. Prior posts covered: the rules for collection of GST/HST on real estate, and GST/HST new housing rebates and …
The Ontario provincial budget introduced on April 27, 2017 proposes a number of taxes affecting real estate.
The most publicized is the 15% foreign buyer tax, or “non-resident speculation tax” as the government is calling it. We have a dedicated …
This is the first in a series of posts on the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (“GST/HST”) and real estate. Subsequent posts will cover bare trusts and joint ventures. The rules for collection of GST/HST on real estate were …
A recent decision by the Tax Court of Canada highlights a difficult issue faced by sellers of commercial real estate (“real property” in GST/HST parlance): when to charge GST/HST? Unlike most other sales where vendors charge GST/HST, a special “self-assessment” …
The Canada Revenue Agency continues to audit new home purchasers for GST/HST new housing rebates and rental property rebates. In provinces like Ontario which has an HST, the amount of the rebates can be significant – up to $30,300. …
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