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    ONArticle

    CRA Audits of Rental Income: What Triggers Them, and How to Stay Audit-Ready

    Real estate is the CRA's single biggest audit focus, and rental returns get looked at more than most. The good news: rental audits are predictable. They start from a short list of red flags — under-reported income, repeated losses, outsized repairs, mis-split mortgage interest, and over-claimed personal use — and almos

    9 min read
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    ONArticle

    The Landlord's Year-End Tax Prep Checklist: Get Ready to File Your Rental Return

    Tax time is painful only when you leave everything to April. This year-end checklist turns filing your rental return into a four-step routine: gather your income and receipts, sort every cost into current vs capital, make the calls that matter (like whether to claim CCA), and file on time. It walks the documents to col

    8 min read
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    ONArticle

    The T776 Expense Deep-Dive: Every Rental Deduction Ontario Landlords Can Actually Claim

    The expense section is where a T776 is won or lost — it's the largest part of the form and where landlords both overpay (by missing deductions) and get audited (by claiming the wrong ones). This deep-dive walks every T776 expense line, the one distinction that governs all of them — current vs. capital — and the traps t

    10 min read
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    CanadaArticle

    CCA for Ontario Landlords: How Rental Depreciation Works (and When Not to Claim It)

    Capital Cost Allowance lets Canadian landlords deduct a slice of their building's cost each year — but it's the most misunderstood line on a rental tax return. It's optional, it can't create a loss, and every dollar you claim can come back to bite you as fully taxed "recapture" when you sell. This guide explains how CC

    10 min read