April Ltd. is located in Alberta, a province which does not participate in the HST program and has no provincial sales tax. All of its operations are in that province. During its current quarter, April Ltd. purchases an office building and land for a total of $1300000 before GST. The Company spends an additional $266000 (before GST) on office equipment. Office equipment is capital personal property. The building will be used 20% for taxable supplies and the remainder for exempt supplies. The office equipment is to be allocated in the same ratio. For accounting purposes, the building will be amortized over 35 years, while the office equipment will be written
April Ltd. is located in Alberta, a province which does not participate in the HST program and has no provincial sales tax. All of its operations are in that province. During its current quarter, April Ltd. purchases an office building and land for a total of $1300000 before GST. The Company spends an additional $266000 (before GST) on office equipment. Office equipment is capital personal property. The building will be used 20% for taxable supplies and the remainder for exempt supplies. The office equipment is to be allocated in the same ratio. For accounting purposes, the building will be amortized over 35 years, while the office equipment will be written off over 5 years. Determine the input tax credits that April Ltd. can claim as a result of these capital expenditures.
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