My wife had a sole proprietorship business in Ontario, Canada. She got behind in paying her Ontario Sales Tax remittance and the provincial government attached a lien on our jointly owned house on May 22, 2009 to recover the outstanding moneys owed. She has since declared personal bankruptcy Jan 1, 2011 which is finished now.  My question is if we sell the house, how much of the equity does the government have a claim to? Can they claim my 50% of that equity to settle the lien. For bankruptcy purposes our house had equity of $16,000 or $8,000. The CRA are asking for $27,000. Can anyone help?
Thanks