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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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Local Improvement Charges in Ontario: How a Council Vote Becomes a Line on Your Property Tax Bill

A local improvement charge on an Ontario property tax bill is your share of one municipal project — sewers, a road, sidewalks, streetlights — apportioned only to the owners along that stretch. Here is how a council vote becomes a priority lien, and how a buyer finds it before closing.

	      Sep 9, 2026	    

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Selling an Estate Home in Ontario? What a Dependant Support Claim Can Do to the Sale

How a dependant support claim under Part V of Ontario's Succession Law Reform Act can affect the sale of an estate home. The six-month deadline runs from probate, not death, and a court can suspend administration, charge the property, or order it sold.

	      Sep 8, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Tax-Free in Canada, Taxable to the IRS: Selling Your Ontario Home as a U.S. Citizen

U.S. citizen or green-card holder selling your Ontario home? Canada's exemption has no cap; the IRS excludes only $250,000/$500,000 USD of gain under §121.

	      Sep 8, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Vacant Land Condominium in Ontario: When a Detached House Has a Condominium Corporation on Title

A vacant land condominium looks like an ordinary detached house, but title runs through a condominium corporation under Ontario’s Condominium Act, 1998. What it really is, why “freehold” is the trap, and the documents to demand before you sign.

	      Sep 7, 2026	    

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Transferring the House to Beat Creditors: How Ontario’s Fraudulent Conveyances Act Undoes It

An Ontario owner signs the house over to a spouse or child for a nominal price to dodge creditors. How the Fraudulent Conveyances Act lets creditors set it aside — and where an honest buyer's protection starts and stops.

	      Sep 6, 2026	    

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The Half-Hectare Rule: When Your Backyard Is Big Enough for CRA to Tax Part of Your Home Sale

Ontario’s principal residence exemption covers your home and its land — but only up to half a hectare (about 1.24 acres). Beyond that, the Income Tax Act deems the excess land not to count, unless you can establish it was necessary — not merely desirable — for living there. Where the rule actually lives in the Act, and what it takes to rebut the exclusion.

	      Sep 5, 2026	    

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Selling Farmland in Ontario? The Farm Capital Gains Exemption Is Bigger Than You Think — and Harder to Earn

The qualified farm or fishing property (QFFP) exemption can shelter up to $1,250,000 of capital gain on a 2025 farm sale — but two profiles routinely fail to qualify: owners who held vacant farmland as an investment, and owners who rented their land to a farmer instead of working it themselves. Here is how to tell which side of the line your Ontario property is on before you sell.

	      Sep 4, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

How an Ontario Property Ends Up Sold for Unpaid Taxes

Thinking about bidding on an Ontario tax-sale property? Before you tender, get clear on what you are actually buying: an as-is parcel with no guaranteed possession, a title the municipality will not warrant, a 20% deposit, and 14 days to pay the balance if you win — plus how the years-long arrears process works and where the sale money goes.

	      Sep 2, 2026	    