The British Columbia Supreme Court recently clarified the definition of “non-qualifying activity” under subsection 90(1) of the Provincial Sales Tax Exemption and Refund Regulation, BC Reg 97/2013 (the “PSTERR”) in Tolko Industries Ltd. v. British Columbia 2024 BCSC…
Yesterday, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) announced that, in its view, the construction of purpose-built rental housing (“PBRH”) for purposes of the PBRH rebate under the Excise Tax Act is generally “considered to begin at the time the excavation…
On December 14, 2023, the Department of Finance released draft regulations (the “Regulations”) intended to clarify the enhanced 100% GST rebate for new purpose-built rental housing. The Regulations will be deemed to have come into force on September 14,…
A recent decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court (“BCSC”), AF2G Investments Inc. v. Minister of Finance (BC), 2023 BCSC 2133, provided guidance on when a communication constitutes an objection under section 19 of the Property Transfer Tax Act,…
On June 20, 2023, the Province of British Columbia (the “Province”) released a Provincial Sales Tax (PST) Notice to providers and purchasers of cloud software and services (the “Notice”). The Notice came in response to the B.C. Supreme Court…
The application of British Columbia’s provincial sales tax (“BC PST”) to digital services is controversial. A main issue has been whether the services should be taxed as “software”. The British Columbia Supreme Court in Hootsuite Inc. v British Columbia (Finance),…