Bc Speculation Tax

• B.C. government extends real estate speculation tax to Squamish and Duncan

  The changes also include a speculation and vacancy tax in North Cowichan, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan and Lions Bay. Metro Vancouver and Victoria are already included in the tax.

  Politics

  Jul 20, 2022
  
• B.C. man says he’s being unfairly charged speculation tax on home he’s lived in for over 20 years

  "I think that anyone who looked at this with an objective eye can see that, clearly, I don't fall under the circle of what they were trying to achieve," Tony Chan said. 

  News

  Nov 2, 2021
  
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• British Columbians now form biggest bloc of speculation taxpayers

  B.C. Premier John Horgan says the tax has been "successful," despite new data that shows British Columbians now form the largest bloc of people paying it.

  Jan 15, 2021
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• Group of homeowners launch legal challenge against B.C.’s speculation tax

  The petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday argues the tax is unconstitutional, and that collecting revenue from the tax is beyond the powers of the provincial government.

  Sep 26, 2019
• B.C.’s speculation tax brings in $115M, mostly from owners outside province

  The completed forms showed 80 per cent of those paying the tax are foreign buyers and satellite families.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2019
• How government policies are impacting B.C.’s real estate market for better or worse

  In B.C., economists estimate nearly $89.2 billion in equity was wiped off the map between April 2018 and April 2019.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2019
• B.C. reports high returns on speculation tax forms, 99 per cent will not pay tax

  Owners not exempt from the tax must pay their assessed amount by July 2.

  May 17, 2019
• B.C. tells homeowners how they can exempt themselves from the speculation tax

  The B.C. government is requiring all British Columbians who live in an area with the speculation and vacancy tax to opt out of tax.

  Politics

  Jan 16, 2019
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• In Oak Bay, realtors opposed to new housing taxes to hold town hall on Thursday

  A Victoria-area realtor says non-resident owners are "just packing it up and leaving,"

  Politics

  Jun 27, 2018
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• Vancouver home sales fell twice as fast as a bank thought they would after BC NDP’s new taxes

  Prices dropped too. But a bank noted that they held up "relatively well."

  Consumer

  Apr 4, 2018