Canada Updates Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) for GST/HST: New Rules Take Effect October 1, 2025
Overview The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has announced significant changes [...]
Statute-Barred Years for GST/HST Returns: When the CRA Can Reassess and How to Protect Your Rights
Understanding Statute-Barred Years for GST/HST Returns Taxpayers expect a degree [...]
How NOT to apply for GST/HST rebate for owner-built homes: Case Commentary on Charleboix v HMK
No rebate for an owner who did not build a [...]
The GST/HST Implications of Changing the Use of Personal Property – How Subsections 199(3), 200(2), and 200(3) Interact
Introduction: Navigating Property Use Changes Under the Excise Tax Act [...]
MedSleep Inc v The King – Sleep Clinic Wrongly Assessed for Failing to Pay GST/HST for Providing Services to its Doctors Because it was ‘Exempt Supply’ GalleryMedSleep Inc v The King – Sleep Clinic Wrongly Assessed for Failing to Pay GST/HST for Providing Services to its Doctors Because it was ‘Exempt Supply’
MedSleep Inc v The King – Sleep Clinic Wrongly Assessed for Failing to Pay GST/HST for Providing Services to its Doctors Because it was ‘Exempt Supply’
Introduction: MedSleep's Processes & the Minister's Assessments MedSleep Inc v [...]
House-flippers beware: You are not eligible for GST/HST new housing rebates – Ram v HMK, 2025 TCC 49
Introduction – Self-represented litigant tried to defend a house-flip In [...]
Builders Beware: GST/HST Now Applies on all ‘Assignment Sales’ (Pre-Construction Contracts) – Guidance from a Canadian Tax Lawyer
As of May 7, 2022, changes introduced by the Federal [...]
Case Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule) GalleryCase Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule)
Case Commentary: Ayoub v The King, 2025 TCC 48 – Beware home builders must pay HST/GST when renting or using property personally (Self-Supply Rule)
In March 2025, the Tax Court of Canada delivered its [...]
Case Commentary: 1351231 Ontario Inc. v The King – Why GST/HST must be paid on the sale of a residential unit used for Airbnb
In March 2025, the Federal Court of Appeal delivered the [...]
Builders of Real Property are Liable for GST/HST Tax Payments
The Sale of Real Property is a Taxable Supply, Meaning [...]