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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

    Bookkeeping for Ontario Landlords: The Complete Guide

    Good bookkeeping is the difference between a rental that runs like a business and one that costs you at tax time. This complete guide shows Ontario landlords what records to keep, how to track income and expenses, which costs are deductible, how long the CRA expects you to keep everything, and how clean books flow stra

    13 min read
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    CanadaArticle

    The T776 Form: How to Report Rental Income on Your Canadian Tax Return

    A plain-language guide to Form T776, Statement of Real Estate Rentals — what counts as rental income, which expenses you can deduct, how capital cost allowance (CCA) works and when to skip it, and how to file it with your personal tax return.

    11 min read