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Old 07-12-2010, 11:20 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by squiggs96 View Post
If the place is used, then there is no HST. If the place is new, you pay 12% and then receive a credit based on the purchase price. Renovations are all at 12%. You do not charge HST on rent, so there is no calculation there.

But from what I read it seems that if you plan on renting the property (even if it is not fully rented as I would be using it as well), then the Canadian goverenment considers it as a business and there for you are charged GST on the purchase, now because of the BC goverment implenmenting HST it is now combined.

I fully hope I am wrong.
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