(07-05-2019, 01:16 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(07-05-2019, 12:48 PM)embe Wrote: Last time I checked taxes are paid on just about every purchase in Ontario. Do students get some sort of exemption?
Students will tend to pay little to no income tax. They will pay HST the same as everyone else. And contrary to many people's perception, they (indirectly) pay property taxes -- which are used to fund transit -- the same as any other tenant of a rental apartment or house. (Possible exception: I don't know whether university-owned residences are exempt from property taxes.)
Well, even if that were true, most students, I believe, do not live in university owned apartments. So technically, it a round about way, they do pay property tax. I'd only imagine that it would be close to $200/month per unit -- with 4 students. But I don't have hard numbers to back up anything I said.