Home renovation: How much to spend, and where
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The Globe and Mail-Some homeowners have watched the value of their properties fall from the lofty levels of recent years, so they have decided not to settle in for the long term and create a house they love. Others are taking advantage of a cooler market and buying a second house without even attempting to sell the first…
Home renovation: How much to spend, and where – The Globe and Mail
Renovation tax credit to end, Flaherty confirms
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Financial Post- Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said he has no plans to extend a $3-billion home renovation tax credit that expires at the end of this month…
Renovation tax credit to end, Flaherty confirms
Does my reno qualify for a tax credit?
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The Globe and Mail- With the Jan. 31 deadline just around the corner, anyone who still wants to take advantage of the federal government’s popular home renovation tax credit had better hurry.
“The most important thing for people to know is that they still have 10 days to buy and take delivery of materials that they are thinking of using for renovations,” Jamie Golombek, managing director of estate and tax planning with CIBC Private Wealth Management, said in an interview Wednesday…
Does my reno qualify for a tax credit? – The Globe and Mail
Reno tax-credit deadline looms
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Times Colonist- Homeowners have only a few weeks left to pay for improvements to qualify for the federal home-renovation tax credit, which expires Feb. 1.
One customer popped into Victoria Specialty Hardware on Oak Bay Avenue to pre-pay for $300 worth of cabinet knobs to put toward his tax credit, store co-owner Sue Emslie said.
"We’ve seen a lot of renovation — of people coming in and updating their rooms that they perhaps wouldn’t have done. But because they can use it toward the tax credit, they are now going ahead and making the renovations."
The 15 per cent tax credit has been a boon for the industry, Emslie said, adding "it probably helped us in our sales over the year…”
