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Tax, Legal & TRESA

税法与监管：HST、土地转让税、律师费、BRA、TRESA、RECO。 HST, Land Transfer Tax, lawyer fees, BRA, TRESA reform, RECO rules.

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“Licensed” in Toronto: What the City Business Licence Means for Renovators and Plumbers

“Licensed” can mean several different things. This guide covers one of them: the City of Toronto business licence under Municipal Code Chapter 545, and what it requires of renovators, plumbing, drain and heating contractors on their ads, contracts and bills.

	      Nov 12, 2026	    

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Rental Income Now Has a Second Route to the CRA: What a Platform Reports About Hosts

Rental income used to reach the CRA through one channel: the owner's own return. Part XX of the Income Tax Act adds a second channel that runs from the platform. Here is what that platform return contains, field by field, who and what sits outside the rules, and the December 31 and January 31 dates that drive it.

	      Nov 12, 2026	    

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A Toronto Water Bill That Suddenly Jumped: Leaks, Meter Tests and Who Gets an Adjustment

A jump in your Toronto water bill can end in three findings: a City meter or equipment error, a leak in your own plumbing, or an increase nobody can explain. Here is what Chapter 849 says each one means for who pays, what proof the City asks for, and how the due date keeps running meanwhile.

	      Nov 11, 2026	    

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The Tree Between Your Lawn and the Sidewalk: Who Controls Toronto’s Street Trees

A Toronto street tree's life, stage by stage: the planting notice and three-week window to cancel, early care, who maintains a mature tree, what driveway or trench work near the roots requires, removal and replanting, and what happens when a City tree falls. Based on Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 813 and City of Toronto forestry pages.

	      Nov 10, 2026	    

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Swapping a Gas Range or Running a BBQ Line Yourself: Who Ontario Lets Do Gas Work at Home

Ontario's homeowner gas exemption is written for a person, not a building. How it reads for a detached house, a semi or townhouse, a condo unit, a rental you own and a parent's home, and what to ask a licensed gas technician.

	      Nov 10, 2026	    

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Repairs That Need Your Neighbour’s Yard: Toronto’s Right-of-Entry Rules and Their Limits

Toronto’s right-of-entry by-law (Municipal Code Chapter 363, Article 8) lets you use a neighbour’s yard for repairs to your own home, with no permit since March 1, 2023. Here are the five ways homeowners lose that authority, what the notice must say and when it counts as served, what happens if you enter anyway, and when a signed access agreement is the better tool.

	      Nov 9, 2026	    

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Selling a Renovated Condo: What the Status Certificate Tells the Buyer’s Lawyer

Selling an Ontario condo you renovated years ago? Walk through the status certificate the way a buyer’s lawyer does: the declaration and rules, the list of owner agreements, the s.98 compliance statement, amounts added to common expenses, lien certificates, and what the certificate does and does not settle.

	      Nov 9, 2026	    

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“55+” on the Brochure: What Ontario’s Human Rights Code Lets an Adult-Lifestyle Community Restrict, and What It Doesn’t

Thinking about buying into an adult-lifestyle or 55+ community in Ontario? Here is what that label can and cannot guarantee: where the age restriction is actually written, the three Human Rights Code defences it would have to stand on, who can challenge it and how long they have, and what buyers, boards and tenants should check.

	      Nov 7, 2026	    