 | | April 2019 | Are sales and renovations of used residential houses GST/HST exempt?
John F. Oakey, CPA, CA, TEP, CC, is Baker Tilly’s National Director of Tax Services. | The common belief that the sale of a used residential house is always exempt from the Goods and Services Tax / Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) is not absolutely correct. “Used residential house” is not a defined term in the Excise Tax Act (ETA). Thus, there is no GST/HST exemption on the sale of a used residential house.
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