Ontario real estate accounting

Real Estate Accounting Services in Ontario

Bookkeeping, HST, and CRA support built for agents, hosts, landlords, and investors across Ontario.

Agents & PRECsAirbnb HostsLandlordsInvestorsProperty Managers
Real Estate Agent
PREC
Airbnb Host
Landlord / Investor
Property Manager
Organized property-level bookkeeping records for multiple real estate assets
Records organized around how your real estate activity actually earns income.
Why specialist support matters

Real estate income needs the right accounting treatment

Real estate income does not behave like ordinary business income, and it does not behave the same way twice depending on who is earning it. A commission cheque, a short term rental payout and a tenant's monthly rent all need different treatment, which is why the fastest way to get useful help is to start from what you actually do.

Multiple income streams. Commissions, rents, platform payouts, management fees and reimbursements each get categorized differently, and mixing them together makes both your monthly reports and your year end filing harder to trust.
Property level reporting. An investor with three properties or a manager overseeing several owners needs to see performance by property, not one blended number that hides which asset is actually profitable.
GST/HST differences. Commission income, commercial leases, short term rentals and long term residential rent are not taxed the same way, and getting that wrong shows up at filing time as either missed input tax credits or an unexpected balance owing.
Business structure. A sole proprietorship, a PREC, a holding corporation and a partnership each carry different record keeping and filing requirements, and the structure your business is set up under changes what AccTax needs from you and what gets filed.

An important clarification about trust funds

One clarification worth making plainly. Trust funds from real estate transactions are held and reconciled by the brokerage under RECO's rules for the broker of record, not by the individual agent or PREC. AccTax's work with agents covers your own commission income, expenses and corporate books, not your brokerage's trust account.

How it works

A defined path from records to ongoing support

Select your real estate profile.

Submit information about your properties or business.

AccTax reviews records and identifies gaps.

You receive a defined bookkeeping, tax or cleanup scope.

Ongoing records and filings are completed under the agreed engagement.

Starting records

What is generally needed to start

This depends on your profile, covered in the documents table above, but generally includes bank records, commission or payout statements, and expense receipts for the period being reviewed.

ProfileIncome recordsSupporting recordsStructure
Agent / PRECCommission statementsBank records and expense receiptsSole proprietorship or PREC
Airbnb hostPlatform payout statementsBank records and expense receiptsIndividual or corporation
Landlord / investorRent recordsProperty-level expenses and bank recordsIndividual, partnership or holding corporation
Property managerManagement fees and reimbursementsOwner and property-level recordsSole proprietorship or corporation

Pricing: Cost depends on property count, transaction volume, HST requirements and whether cleanup work is needed, all outlined in the pricing table above. A fixed quote is provided after reviewing your specific scope.

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Frequently asked questions

Real estate accounting questions, answered

Yes. AccTax works with agents and PRECs, Airbnb hosts, rental property investors and property management businesses, each under a scope built for how that specific activity generates income.

Yes. Monthly bookkeeping feeds directly into your GST/HST filing, rental income reporting or corporate tax, so nothing gets reconstructed twice.

Yes. Investors and managers with multiple properties receive income and expenses broken out by property, not one combined total.

Yes. A cleanup scope is defined first, based on how far behind the records are, before moving into regular monthly bookkeeping.

It depends on the activity, since commission income, commercial leases and short term rentals carry different treatment. AccTax reviews your specific situation as part of ongoing bookkeeping rather than applying one blanket rule.

This depends on your profile, covered in the documents table above, but generally includes bank records, commission or payout statements, and expense receipts for the period being reviewed.

Yes. Corporate structures require T2 preparation and year end records in addition to standard bookkeeping, which AccTax handles as part of the same engagement.

Cost depends on property count, transaction volume, HST requirements and whether cleanup work is needed, all outlined in the pricing table above. A fixed quote is provided after reviewing your specific scope.

Start with your real estate profile

Get the right bookkeeping, tax or CRA support for your real estate activity

Tell us whether you are an agent, host, landlord, investor or property manager. AccTax will review your records and recommend the right bookkeeping, tax or CRA support.

Request a Real Estate Accounting Assessment