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B.C. Government launches promised condo flipping registry

Honey moon is over for Vancouver speculators. Now we enter "You Play, You Pay!" era.   Developers now needs to report all assignments to a website called Condo & Strata Assignment Integrity Register (CSAIR) and all info will be forward to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).  This is the only tax legislation I agreed with the NDP government.  It makes sense and reasonable.  
Take a look at the US residents, they need to live in their own primary resident for minimum 2 years out of the 5 calendar years before they can sell in order to avoid capital gains. 
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B.C. government launches promised condo flipping registry

Database is intended to help crack down on tax evasion and create transparency

Joannah Connolly Glacier Media Real Estate

November 5, 2018

The promised condo-flipping registry, designed to help crack down on tax evasion and create transparency in B.C.’s real estate market, was launched November 5 by the B.C. government.

The new regulations will require developers selling presale condos and other strata units to report contract assignments on those units, and ensure all buyers are aware of the new rules.

The system as it currently exists allows a buyer to flip that unit to another buyer for a higher price than they paid for it, without a centralized record of such transactions, which has made it easy for unscrupulous real estate speculators to evade income tax on the profits made from the sale. Many people have aruged that this so-called "shadow-flipping" tactic has fuelled rising real estate prices across the province.

The registry of assignments, called the Condo and Strata Assignment Integrity Register (CSAIR), will create a database of buyers who have flipped the units that they purchased. This is intended to create much more transparency in the process, and will enable the B.C. government to pursue condo flippers for the applicable taxes.

Carole James, Minister of Finance, said, “We will not allow real estate speculators and tax frauds to take advantage of loopholes in the system any longer, and this register sends a clear message. The days of avoiding taxes through condo flipping are over. This register will help bring fairness and integrity back to B.C.’s real estate market, so that people can afford homes in the communities where they live and work.”

The province said that, effective January 1, 2019, developers who sell strata units must:

  • include terms and a notice in their contracts to inform buyers of the new collection and reporting requirements;
  • collect information, including the terms of the assignment and the name and social insurance number or business information of the parties to the assignment; and
  • report this information in the online register.  

The announcement added, “The B.C. government will provide this information to the Canada Revenue Agency so that transactions can be traced back to the assigner’s income tax return. This will ensure that people who assign condos are paying the appropriate income taxes.”



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