The BC 2016/17 Budget, released on February 16, 2016, implemented changes to the Property Transfer Tax Act and to the Land Title Act in the form of increased tax rates, citizenship disclosure requirements and a new PTT exemption. The Budget did not change the current PTT treatment of unregistered beneficial conveyances, but it did create a new disclosure requirement ...
A recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada will be of interest to those who hold rental property for the long term and who incur expenses related to the zoning of that property. The Tax Court found that such expenses were deductible for tax purposes, and were not required to be capitalized to the cost of the property.
Background
The Income Tax Act (“Act”) distinguishes ...
In the beginning of 2014, the CRA issued GST/HST Notice No. 284 – Bare Trusts, Nominee Corporations and Joint Ventures announcing that as of January 1, 2015, it will no longer allow joint ventures to elect for a nominee corporation or a bare trustee corporation to be the operator of a joint venture where such nominee or bare trustee does not have an ownership interest in, or ...
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