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How to Save Tax on Canadian Real Estate

Maximize your Canadian real estate investments by mastering tax-saving strategies. Navigate complex regulations for individuals and corporations to build lasting wealth.

Created byJason Fleming
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(315 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Dec 2, 2025
How to Save Tax on Canadian Real Estate

What You'll Learn

check_circleOptimize real estate taxation in Canada.
check_circleDeduct expenses & claim CCA on rental properties.
check_circleUnderstand capital gains and principal residence exemption.
check_circleNavigate GST/HST implications for real estate.
check_circleIdentify non-resident tax rules and obligations.
check_circleStrategize using FHSA and RRSP for home buying.

About This Course

The taxation of rental income and gains on the sale of real estate owned by individuals and corporations is discussed. Saving tax with the principal residence exemption and other provisions of the Act are covered, and there are lots of examples to help explain these essential topics.

Features

This webinar explains how to save tax on Canadian real estate owned by individuals and corporations and includes, among other topics:

• Rental income and expenses, including recent CCA changes and essential tax compliance rules

• Property flipping, the BC home flipping tax, capital gains, and the distinction between capital property and business income

• Strategies for saving tax with capital gain reserves, the principal residence exemption, the first home savings account (FHSA), and the multigenerational home renovation tax credit

• Related party transactions, gifts, and change-in-use, including key elections to defer tax

• Corporate refundable taxes on real estate and the capital dividend account

• GST/HST basics, purpose-built rental properties, and the cancellation of the vacant homes tax (UHT)

Your Instructor

Jason Fleming
Jason Fleming

CPA, CA, M.Acc

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Jason Fleming is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA) with a master’s degree in accounting. Jason is an associate professor, teaching stream, at York University, previously he was a tax manager at a Big-4 accounting firm in Toronto. Jason completed the CICA’s In-Depth tax course, ranked 8th in Ontario on the UFE (the CA professional exam) and taught tax week at the ICAO's Summer School. Jason is the author of CFE Tax, 9th edition, CFE Case Writing, 3rd edition and various tax articles.

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