GST Holiday for Apartment Builders Will Cost $1B More Than Initially Estimated: PBO

GST Holiday for Apartment Builders Will Cost $1B More Than Initially Estimated: PBO
Construction workers build new homes in a development in Ottawa in this file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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A GST holiday for apartment builders will cost around $5.8 billion, compared to the federal finance department’s initial $4.5 billion estimate, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).

“The fiscal cost of the enhanced GST rebate depends on the number of units constructed and the value of these units,” wrote analysts in the PBO report, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.