HST & A Commercial Real Estate Purchase

Let’s Talk HST in Commercial Real Estate. Every HST-registered business understands the basics of HST. You charge it on goods and services you provide (outputs) and you pay it on goods and services you purchase to run your business (input tax credits, or ITCs). Every reporting period, typically quarterly,  you either remit or claim the […]

Top 5 Things Real Estate Investors Need to Know About Bill 23

At the end of 2022, the Provincial Government of Ontario introduced Bill 23, a game-changing zoning law that surprisingly few know about. This legislation allows “As of Right Zoning,” meaning you can now convert single-family homes or vacant land into duplexes, triplexes, or even a duplex with a detached unit without the lengthy, costly rezoning […]