EduCondo Guides
Undeclared work
Construction work or home renovations represent a major investment, and people, in an effort to save money, may be tempted to hire someone under the table... but the risk may be much higher than expected!
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Hiring a building manager
You want to hire a building manager? What should you include in the call for tenders? Consult the sample job description, complete with detailed responsibilities, job requirements and selection criteria.
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Standardised accounting charter
The RGCQ's standardized accounting charter is a financial document that is part of the elements required to calculate the Indice condo. This charter includes a guide for the maintenance fund and the contingency fund. Click here to download in English.
General meeting officers
This guide provides a summary of the different roles of assembly officers. Your declaration of co-ownership also provides some information to this effect. If there is a difference between the content of this document and your declaration of co-ownership, we invite you to contact one of our Info-gestion advisers.
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Fire safety in co-ownership
This guide addresses fire safety in co-ownership. It covers the subject of prevention, inspection of your fire safety system, emergency measures, evacuation plans, evacuation measures, and provides a checklist for each of these components. However, it does not replace your municipal fire safety laws. For this reason, we recommend that you contact a fire safety company and verify the compliance of your procedures with your municipality's fire department.
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Co-ownership by phases
The Civil Code of Quebec (C.c.Q.) does not distinguish between traditional co-ownerships and co-ownerships by phases. This guide will help you deepen your knowledge of co-ownerships by phases defined by the method of concomitant declarations of co-ownership.
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Bill 16 : Overview of the main measures
Bill 16 was adopted on Thursday, December 5th 2019. Several new provisions will come into force on Janurary 10th, while others will begin to apply in a few years. This document provides a quick overview of the main measures of Bill 16.
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Establishing a Records Retention Schedule for a Syndicate of co-ownership
This guide will help you establish a Records Retention Schedule that will help you in the maintenance of your archives.
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Tax return
Update : Additional information on the Identification number and the Business number
Like all other non-profit organizations, the Syndicate of co-ownership must submit certain financial documents.
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New Co-Owner's Guide
Each year, just like you, several owners decide to purchase a condominium unit. This guide will help you understand the nuances between a life as an owner and a life as a co-owner.
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Remunerating the directors of a syndicate of co-ownership
Digitization and digital document storage for a syndicate of co-ownership
This guide was developed to present the best practices for digitization a registry of co-ownership in order to eliminate paper copies.
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By-law: Consulting the register of co-ownership
This guide will allow you to identify the elements that you must consider when you create your by-law on the consultation of the syndicate's registry.
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Co-ownership insurance regulations: a final point to Bill 141
The government has published the Regulation respecting insurance for divided co-ownerships, which supplements the provisions of Bill 141. We have prepared an explanatory guide to the measures enacted by these Regulations.
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Instructions for remote meetings
This guide presents the criteria you must meet and the recommendations of the RGCQ to ensure that your virtual meetings are held correctly.
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Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Quebec Sales Tax (QST)
Generally, the syndicate of co-ownership cannot invoice the GST or QST to the co-owners’ common expenses. The syndicate cannot recover the GST or the QST paid on certain purchases except under certain circumstances.
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Situations where the syndicate may impose a cost to a third party or a co-owner
What by-laws are permitted? How to calculate the charges? Find out in this Guide.
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Installing a charging station for electric vehicles
This guide presents a summary of the elements to consider when the syndicate receives a request for the installation of a charging station.
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Virtual co-ownership meetings
This guide presents certain technological manipulations for holding a virtual meeting of 20 co-owners or less.
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Distribution of tasks between the board of directors and the manager
This guide lists the type of task that the board of directors can delegate to a manager.
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Security cameras in co-ownerships
Everything you need to know about security cameras and occupants' right to privacy in co-ownership.
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Acoustic problems in a co-ownership
Water leak detectors and automatic water shut off valves in co-ownerships
Index: Board of Directors tasks to be completed
Complementary document to the guide Board of Directors tasks to be completed which specifies certain details relating to each activity.
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Board of Directors tasks to be completed
Schedule proposing the tasks to be accomplished by a syndicate of co-ownership's board of directors.
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