Consider all costs at time of acquisition or construction. It should not be read to mean that all asset sales in a particular state will be exempt from tax.A taxable asset purchase allows the buyer to "step up," or increase, the tax basis of the acquired assets to reflect the purchase price. Asset purchase is to limit the purchaser's responsibility for the liabilities and obligations of the seller. The election provides for no GST (or HST in the HST provinces) to be payable in respect of the purchase and sale of the assets and reduces the cash. A somewhat basic level high level presentation on the nuts and bolts of asset purchase sale transactions.