NEW HOUSING REBATE: –
You may be eligible for a new housing rebate for some of the GST/HST paid if you are an individual who:
- purchased new housing or constructed or substantially renovated housing, which could include housing on leased land (if the lease is for at least 20 years or gives you the option to buy the land), for use as your (or your relation’s) primary place of residence
- purchased shares in a co-operative housing (co-op) complex for the purpose of using a unit in the co-op for use as your (or your relation’s) primary place of residence
- constructed or substantially renovated your own home, or hired someone else to construct or substantially renovate your home for use as your (or your relation’s) primary place of residence and the fair market value of the house when the construction is substantially completed is less than $450,000
Qualifying housing also includes mobile homes (including modular homes) and floating homes. For mobile and floating homes, you may have the option to treat your mobile or floating home as a purchased home or as an owner-built home when claiming your new housing rebate.
The new housing rebate is not available to a corporation or a partnership.
OWNER-BUILT HOUSES:-
You may be entitled to claim a GST/HST new housing rebate for an owner-built house if you:
- built, or engaged someone else to build, a house on land that you already owned or leased
- substantially renovated, or engaged someone else to substantially renovate, your existing house (at least 90% of the interior of the existing house must be removed or replaced to be a substantial renovation)
- renovated, or engaged someone else to renovate, your existing house and built, or engaged someone else to build, a major addition to your house that at least doubles the size of the living area of the house (for example, the addition of a full second story to an existing bungalow. Adding a sun porch, sun room, family room, or bedroom by itself is not a major addition)
- converted a non-residential property into your house
- purchased a new or substantially renovated mobile home or a new floating home from a builder of the home (this includes the manufacturer or vendor of the home) or you or someone you hired substantially renovated such a home. For a mobile or a floating home, you have the option of claiming either the owner-built new housing rebate or the new housing rebate for a house purchased from a builder
Houses purchased from a builder
You may be entitled to claim a GST/HST new housing rebate for a house purchased from a builder if you:
- purchased a new or substantially renovated house (building and land) from a builder
- purchased a new or substantially renovated mobile home or a new floating home from a builder (this includes the manufacturer or vendor)
- purchased a share of the capital stock of a co-operative housing corporation (co-op)
- purchased a new or substantially renovated house from a builder where you leased the land from that builder under the same agreement to buy the house and the lease is for 20 years or more or gives you the option to buy the land
Provincial transitional new housing rebates
In certain circumstances, a transitional new housing rebate may be available in addition to any GST/HST new housing rebate and provincial new housing rebate for which you may be eligible, even if the house is not your primary place of residence.
The following chart provides the different forms available to apply for a provincial transitional new housing rebate.
The new house HST rebate in Ontario essentially kicks back 75% of the Ontario portion of the HST, up to a new home purchase amount of $400,000. This results in a maximum rebate at a provincial level of $24,000.
It is also possible to obtain a federal rebate of up to $6,000.
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