Who must file a return and pay the tax
You must file an Underused Housing Tax (UHT) return for each of your properties in Canada for which all of the following conditions are met on December 31:
- The property is a residential property for UHT purposes
- You are an owner of the residential property
- You are determined to be an affected owner of the residential property
Affected owner
As an affected owner, you must file an annual return.
You will also have to pay the tax unless you qualify for an exemption.
If you are an affected owner of more than one residential property in Canada, you must file a separate return for each property.
If you are one of several affected owners of the residential property, each of you must file a separate return for the property.
Determine the type of owner you are
Excluded owner
Generally, Canadian owners of residential property are excluded owners.
If you are an excluded owner you do not have to:
- File a return
- Pay the tax
Determine the type of owner you are
If you are an owner in more than one capacity
Under proposed changes to the UHT legislation, starting with the 2022 calendar year, if you own the residential property in more than one capacity you would be treated as a separate person for each of your ownership capacities, if one of those capacities is either:
- A partner of a partnership
- A trustee of a trust
You may be an affected owner in one capacity, but an excluded owner in another.
You may need to amend a return you previously filed and file additional new return(s) for a residential property for the 2022 calendar year if:
You determine that you needed to file multiple returns based on your ownership capacities
You filed only one return for all ownership capacities
Review tax notice: UHTN16, Ownership in multiple capacities
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