GST and renting Farm Land

[rockpile]

Is anyone renting farmland or renting out farmland
and paying GST? And then claiming it back through an
ITC as the tenant? I've looked for one example where a
landowner has to collect GST but the tenant can't
reclaim it and I can't find a single case. This seems like
just an in and out scheme with one consequence.
Taxpayers pay for someone to process the payment
and then pay someone to process the rebate. Am I
wrong here or is this not a total waste of time and
money? How do we fix it?

[nicolaas]

We now ask for a GST number before we pay it for land.

[food4u]

Cash rent, yes---- crop share,no according
to my info...

[sumdumguy]

Know what you mean, it is a waste, for sure.
Same as Canaryseed. Kinda like chasing your
tail, eh?

[wilagro]

Blame it on that !@#$% Mulroney who cursed us with that !@#$% TAX which nobody wanted. There is enough vexation in life and farming without that !@#$% bull**** imposed on us.

[FarmRanger]

Increase the dosage willy.

I'm pretty sure that if your landlord isn't registered
for GST then he can't charge you GST.

[sumdumguy]

GST is just federal welfare. GST is just a way to
tax the. Consumer and give it to low income
earners. April, welfare recipients will get their
next GST cheque for $1000 or so. One way to
fund Social Services and make them file tax.

[Burbert]

F all Comedian taxis. Framers are feeding
the world, eh! Heil Harper, F Ritz!!!

[TOM4CWB]

FarmRanger,

I agree... if the landlord is NOT registered for GST...
why would anyone pay it?

[FarmRanger]

The GST was brought in to replace the 13.5% MST (Manufacturers' Sales Tax). The MST was a regressive tax that made our exports more expensive and made Canadian manufacturers less able to compete with foreign manufacturers.

Scrapping that tax was one of the best things the Mulroney government ever did. Leftists were angry because of their chronic irrational negativity toward anything that might actually benefit their favorite scapegoat - the corporations.