When you complete your GST/HST return, you declare the amount of GST/HST you collected from various customers and deduct your Input Tax Credits (ITCs) from this amount to determine your GST/HST net tax. If the resulting amount is negative, you will get a GST/HST refund.

GST/HST Housing Rebate – The GST/HST new housing rebate allows an individual to recover some of the goods and services tax (GST) or the federal part of the harmonized sales tax (HST) paid for a new or substantially renovated house that is for use as the individual’s, or their relation’s, primary place of residence, when all of the other conditions are met. Additionally, other provincial new housing rebates may be available for the provincial part of the HST whether the GST/HST new housing rebate for the federal part of the HST is available or not.