Hi All,
So as some of you know, I bought land last year where I am building the house. The land was $330k, and I verified with the realtor at that time that $330k is all in price, GST included.
Fast forward to today, I got a visit from the original seller and his son, who live a few blocks away. They came by and were asking me something about my GST number....I told them I have no idea what they are talking about. They said that their accounts are saying something about GST and that the realtor and the lawyer both missed something and that I will have to pay this GST at some point anyways. They are just as confused as I am, and basically said that I don't have to worry about paying the GST to them or anything like that, but that the government will come after me for it after I build the house on the land I purchased.
All of this sound very odd to me, and I was hoping someone could give some advise. I told the guys I would look into this....so here I am. The house I am building will be my primary residence once I move in if that makes any difference.
I found my txt chat and took a screenshot mentioning the GST:
And this is what the accountants wrote to the original owner. In this case, DAD is the original owner, and his son is trying to sort this out for him. Dad pays the GST would be the proper conclusion from this as that's how it was sold....unless I am completely confused on how these purchases work. Bought a few houses in my day, never had to do anything like this before..self report? Can someone make sense of this for me?
I have no intention of paying $15k for anything. If this was truly a mistake somewhere with realtor/lawyer...doesn't seem like my problem.