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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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A Worker Gets Hurt Renovating Your Home: WSIB and Homeowner Liability in Ontario

Hiring a contractor for an Ontario home renovation? How the WSIA home renovation exemption works for a solo tradesperson, a small company with employees, a general contractor using subcontractors, and work on a rental property: when you need a WSIB clearance certificate, when unpaid premiums can become your bill, and what can happen if a worker is injured.

	      Oct 16, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Will Leaves the House to Someone Who Dies First: Ontario’s Anti-Lapse Rule

A clause-by-clause read of an Ontario will that leaves the house to a named person: when SLRA s.31 saves the gift for the beneficiary’s own family, when s.23 moves it into the residue, and when the house falls outside the will altogether.

	      Oct 15, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Backyard Chickens and Beehives in Toronto: What the City Animal Bylaw and Ontario’s Bees Act Allow

Can you keep backyard hens or a beehive in Toronto? What Municipal Code Chapter 349 says about Galliformes and the ended hens pilot, and what Ontario’s Bees Act requires: 30 m and 10 m hive distances, registration, signs and fines.

	      Oct 14, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Someone Slipped on the Public Sidewalk Outside Your House: Gross Negligence, the 10-Day Notice and Your Snow-Clearing Duty in Ontario

A hazard-by-hazard guide to a fall on the public sidewalk outside an Ontario home: when the municipality's gross-negligence rule for snow and ice applies, when the ordinary repair standard applies, the 10-day written notice, and what Toronto's snow by-law requires of owners and occupants.

	      Oct 14, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Backyard Fire Pits and Fireworks in Toronto: What the Ontario Fire Code and City Bylaw Allow

Toronto homeowners: when a backyard wood fire, chiminea, cooking fire, gas fire table or consumer fireworks is allowed. Ontario Fire Code Article 2.4.4.4, Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 466, the 11 p.m. cut-off on Victoria Day and Canada Day, and the permit route for every other night.

	      Oct 14, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Toronto’s Noise Bylaw for Homeowners: Renovation Hours, AC Units, Parties, and How a Complaint Actually Works

A season-by-season guide to Toronto’s Noise Bylaw (Chapter 591) for homeowners: yard-tool and renovation hours, statutory holidays, AC unit and party sound limits, barking dogs, ticket amounts, exemption permits, and why the City may not investigate a one-off complaint.

	      Oct 13, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Selling a Home You’ve Owned Since Before 1994: The Pre-1982 Principal Residence Rule and the 1994 Capital Gains Election

Owned your Ontario home or cottage since the 1970s or 1980s? Find your situation (one home all along, two family properties before 1982, a 1994 T664 election, or an estate sale) and see which Income Tax Act rule actually applies when you sell.

	      Oct 13, 2026	    

	      Tax, Legal & TRESA	    

Before You Hand Off Your Ontario Rental: Which Jobs a Helper Can Do Without RECO Registration, and Who May Represent You at the LTB

Handing your Ontario rental to a manager, friend or relative? Job by job: TRESA s.5(1)(j) lets an unregistered person arrange residential leases, but LTB filings and hearings fall under the Law Society Act and By-Law 4 s.30, where an unpaid friend is limited to 3 matters a year.

	      Oct 13, 2026	    