Housing Tax

• Poilievre asks provinces to scrap sales tax on new homes under $1M

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million.

  Canada

  Nov 4
  
• Will Poilievre’s housing tax plan speed up homebuilding? What to know

  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Monday that as prime minister, he would axe the GST on new build houses that are sold for less than $1 million.

  Canada

  Oct 28
  
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• Annual surtax of 0.2% on $1M+ homes could cool housing market: report

  An annual surtax of 0.2 percent on houses valued over $1 million could help reduce housing inequality and cool housing markets, a report says.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2022
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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 14, 2021
• 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
• Province says speculation tax brought in $58M in 2018 as meetings with mayors on tax kick off

  The provincial government says the Speculation and Vacancy Tax is "contributing to the ongoing moderation" of the housing market but struggles to produce the numbers to prove it.

  Politics

  Sep 12, 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
• 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
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• Poll finds strong support for B.C. speculation tax but little confidence it will help affordability

  Nearly 70 per cent of respondents backed the controversial tax, but only 39 per cent thought the NDP's tax plans would be effective on affordability.

  Economy

  Mar 20, 2019
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• Kelowna, Okanagan real estate board still opposing speculation tax

  The City of Kelowna says the B.C. government's proposed speculation tax could have unintended consequences.

  Money

  Oct 17, 2018