Heads up, Canadians: If your landlord is a non-resident and doesn't pay their taxes, you might have to pay their back taxes instead! Isn't that cool?

HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

Heads up, Canadians: If your landlord is a non-resident and doesn't pay their taxes, you might have to pay their back taxes instead! Isn't that cool?

krolden@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

Sure I’ll pay the tax if you sign the deed over to me.

drinkinglakewater [he/him]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

Using eminent domain on deadbeat landlords to expand the inventory of public housing

Blasting tenants into homelessness

BakerBagel@midwest.social · 7 months ago

Yeah holy shit the whole argument is that the government can’t force non-resident landowners to pay their taxes (fair enough). But rather than do the reasonable thing like seize assets until the tax debt is settled, they decide to charge the tenants to pay the taxes.

ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

The Canadian government wants to normalize rent strikes and I’m here for it

dkr567 [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

This country needs a general strike.

Heads up, Canadians: If your landlord is a non-resident and doesn't pay their taxes, you might have to pay their back taxes instead! Isn't that cool?

Heads up, Canadians: If your landlord is a non-resident and doesn't pay their taxes, you might have to pay their back taxes instead! Isn't that cool?

Foreign landlord fails to pay taxes, CRA goes after tenant