crea: Ontario Sales Tax Harmonization Will Hurt Resale and New Home Market
- 03/26/09 04:22 AM
The long arm of the Ontario government taxman is desperately trying to reach even deeper into consumers' pockets, this time with his eye squarely on home buyers in this province. I just received the following press release from our local board. Please read on: (Toronto, March 26, 2009) Ontario’s REALTORS® say the McGuinty government's plan to harmonize the GST and PST will add over $2,000 to the cost of a real estate transaction, hurting the resale home market and prolonging the housing industry’s recovery from the current economic downturn. “Now is not the time to be erecting barriers to homeownership,” … (0 comments)
The long arm of the Ontario government taxman is desperately trying to reach even deeper into consumers' pockets, this time with his eye squarely on home buyers in this province. I just received the following press release from our local board. Please read on:
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