Land transfer tax is one reason the accepted offer isn’t the final cost of buying a home. Moshe Lander puts the extra bill in context and helps you assess what a promise to remove it would actually change.
A buyer moving from Alberta to another province can face a financial surprise before unpacking a box. That difference raises an appealing question: why not copy the cheaper system? Moshe adds the less visible side of the comparison, including what governments provide and how they pay for it.
Nobody enjoys an extra tax at closing. Yet shifting the burden elsewhere can change how people work, what services survive and who pays for them. The uncomfortable part is deciding which tradeoff you would rather live with.
Topics: homebuying costs, land transfer tax, provincial differences, government revenue, land taxation
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