Les Twarog & Sonja Pedersen

LEGAL ARTICLES & INFORMATION

•	Prepare for the end of the HST
•	Cybercrooks stalk small businesses that bank online
•	The ABC’s of the HST & Home Buyers
•	Land Titles Registry System Safe & Secure in BC
•	Joint Tenancy owner can force a sale on partner - called Partition Lawsuit
•	Tax Season Tips including increase in RRSP withdrawals to buy a home
•	Did the Do Not Call List make things worse?
•	The reno tax credit: how it works
•	Justin" Provincial Court Records now on the net
•	Los Angeles Foreclosure Alley Video - A must view
•	Home renovation tax credit program 2009
•	Developer sues condo buyers trying to back out
•	Federal Budget 2009 – Help for Home Buyers
•	BC Assessments are frozen by government - Cabinet can fix the assessment mess if it wants to
•	Protecting retirement savings from seizure
•	Martin Wirick - Ex Lawyer & Dev. Tarsem Gill charged with $30M Real Estate Fraud Scheme
•	BC Government's PTT Tax grab is an insult to most citizens and creates a government windfall
•	Be sure that CRA applies your remittance to the proper taxation year
•	BC's Property transfer tax a bad law that needs to be fixed
•	Understanding Property Taxes How To Pay, Misconceptions, Home Owner Grant
•	Facing a CRA Tax Audit - Help avail from Canadian Tax Audit Protection Plan of Sixth Sphere Services by David Douglas Robertson a Toronto Law Firm
•	Personal Real Estate Corporations For REALTORS®
•	Do Greater Vancouver Property Owners Need Title Insurance
•	Technology often core of fraud in today's market
•	Liquer to food ratios permitted in BC restaurants
•	MyStrataCorp Document Services
•	12 of the most commonly reported scams - Fraud hits 15M Canadians with the telephone being the preferred tool by fraud artists
•	Notaries facing new rules - Provincial gov't proposes to amend Notaries Act
•	'Beware E-mail Scam Involving Craigslist Ads'
•	Pre-sale units a double-edged sword
•	Bylaws often block rentals
•	Disclosure ordered for 'pre-sale' developers
•	Coquitlam's Riverbend project bankrupt, Province cautions pre-sale buyers to beware
•	Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will tax any vacation property outside Canada but you can claim a credit for foreign taxes paid on your Canadian return
•	Costly misunderstanding in strata rules
•	HPO Homeowner Protection Act explanation for new home buyers
•	Strata-Check - Strata Corporation Document Review Company
•	Secure Electronic Digital Signature software developed by a Vancouver Company Recombo Inc
•	Information on Goods and Services Tax For Residential Real Estate
•	New Home Warranty with 2-5-10 building protection introduced in 1999 protects consumers
•	Family status trumps bylaw
•	Tories shelve promise on leaky condos
•	Deposit on Contract & Purchase & Sale - Seller can back out
•	Assignment GST & PPT taxes - Questions & Answers
•	Buying & Selling Canadian Ppty - info for Non-Residents
•	Strata Document Screening Service
•	1% GST Fact Sheet
•	Sussession Strategies - planning your estate
•	Disclosure, Disclosure & Disclosure Realtors disclosing their relationship with a Buyer
•	Vancouver Leaky Condo Crises Not over yet
•	Bankruptcy is the last resort
•	Leaky condos still a disaster
•	New GST reduction from 7% to 6% - what it means to you
•	Land Title Options - title & name searches 24/7 incl mtg fraud protection
•	Lawyer Look-up. BC Law Society
•	Homeowner Protection Office (HPO) says Vancouver's Leaky Condo problems under control
•	CCRA - Canada's complicated Income Tax Laws bring self help books
•	Mortgage fraud hits $1.5b a year in Canada
•	Accused persons without lawyers strain justice system
•	Make your mortgage payments tax deductable
•	Torrens System that is used to register titles in BC (Explanation)
•	When a seller gets cold feet - PDF
•	Disposition of property may result in tax hit - doc
•	Form B - can be out dated within just one day - doc
•	City tax assessment - How they are calculated
•	First Time Buyers - Property Transfer Tax
•	Non-residences info
•	Strata Pet Bylaws
•	Age Bylaws
•	What a buyer should expect on closing
•	Buying an assignment explanation - doc
•	Changes to Home Owner Grant Act Thresholds - doc.
•	Rent-to-purchase agreements
•	Strata data battle - doc.
•	New owners have bought a pet with a no pet policy - doc.
•	Know your rights when buying strata property, ie. pets/rentals - doc.
•	Rental Property Tax Rules - doc.
•	Mortgage fraud schemes bring BC warning - doc.
•	Counterfeit cheques ruling may affect all out cheque deposits - doc.
•	Will your buyer be able to rent a strata lot? -PDF
•	Smart consumers won't have their identities stolen - doc.
•	Ppty Transfer Tax charged only on original purchase price for new condos - doc.
•	Referential Purchase Price Clause - doc.
•	Tax Audits - Everything you wanted to know - PDF
•	There is a GST Rebate which may be available to buyers of brand new residence for rental
•	Buying or Selling a home, a step by step guide by CHMC
•	Criminal checks online
•	Martin Wirick - Ex Lawyer & Developer Tarsem Gill charged with $30M Real Estate Fraud Scheme
•	BC Government's PTT Tax grab is an insult to most citizens and creates a government windfall
•	Buying a Foreclosure in the US, not as easy as you think
•	Technology often core of fraud in today's market
•	Notaries facing new rules - Provincial gov't proposes to amend Notaries Act
•	Secure Electronic Digital Signature software developed by a Vancouver Company Recombo Inc
•	Information on Goods and Services Tax For Residential Real Estate
•	Deposit on Contract & Purchase & Sale - Seller can back out
•	Assignment GST & PPT taxes - Questions & Answers
•	Buying & Selling Canadian Ppty - info for Non-Residents
•	Land Title Options - title & name searches 24/7 incl mtg fraud protection
•	Title Monetering service available at $80/yr. because of Mortgage fraud