{"id":42347,"date":"2017-01-31T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/b-c-government-plans-to-lift-15-per-cent-foreign-buyer-tax-for-those-with-work-permits\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T09:59:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:59:48","slug":"b-c-government-plans-to-lift-15-per-cent-foreign-buyer-tax-for-those-with-work-permits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/b-c-government-plans-to-lift-15-per-cent-foreign-buyer-tax-for-those-with-work-permits\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. government plans to lift 15 per cent foreign-buyer tax for those with work permits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBy Emma Crawford Hampel<\/p>\n<p>The British Columbia government intends to exempt foreign nationals with work permits from having to pay the 15 per cent foreign-buyer tax on Metro Vancouver home sales implemented last summer, Premier Christy Clark announced at an event in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance told Business in Vancouver the government has not set a timeline for the change, but they plan to have it implemented \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/international\/article\/2066734\/bc-government-plans-lift-15-cent-foreign-buyer-tax-those-work\" target=\"_blank\">B.C. government plans to lift 15 per cent foreign-buyer tax for those with work permits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; By Emma Crawford Hampel The British Columbia government intends to exempt foreign nationals with work&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-b11","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52443,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/toronto-to-introduce-15-per-cent-foreign-buyer-tax-in-bid-to-calm-red-hot-housing-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":42347,"position":0},"title":"Toronto to introduce 15 per cent foreign-buyer tax in bid to calm red-hot housing market","date":"April 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Foreign nationals who don\u2019t live in Canada\u2019s biggest city and its surrounding communities will pay an additional 15 percent tax on home purchases under legislation proposed by the government of Ontario province. 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