The estate of Charles Hyland, who owned a home on East 48th Avenue, has been waiting for nearly a year for the City of Vancouver to process an application for an exemption to the empty home tax.
The estate of a Vancouver man is suing the city over what it considers unreasonable delays in processing an application for an exemption to the empty home tax.
In February 2018, while he was in the care facility, his friend Barbara Smith, the executrix of his estate, filed an empty homes tax declaration for the year 2017. Smith claimed an exemption from the tax for the calendar year of 2017 because Hyland was in the care facility for the entire year. She says she repeatedly called the city in October to confirm the property was exempt from the tax and was told that a tax officer would provide a response in six-to-eight weeks but has not yet received a response.
“The plaintiff wishes to proceed with the distribution of the estate to the beneficiaries, however the plaintiff is unable to do so until the holdback in the amount of $19,103 is released from trust as the holdback money is itself a part of the estate and should be paid to the beneficiaries,” says the suit.
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