What real estate agents can usually deduct
- Vehicle & mileage
- Driving to showings, listing appointments, and open houses — track business kilometres and the business-use portion of eligible vehicle costs.
- Marketing & advertising
- Listing photography, virtual tours, signage, brochures, online and social ads, and your personal website.
- Client gifts & closing gifts
- Deductible within CRA limits — keep the receipt and note the client and occasion.
- Brokerage & licensing
- Desk fees, brokerage splits, real estate board and association dues, E&O insurance, and licence renewals.
- Home office
- A reasonable share of eligible costs may qualify when the workspace is your main place of business, or when you use it only to earn business income and on a regular and ongoing basis to meet clients, customers, or patients.
- Professional development
- Continuing-education courses, designations, and industry conferences.
How PKTD helps organize your records
- On-device scanning. Receipt text is read on your iPhone with on-device OCR.
- GST/HST review. With your consent, optional cloud AI can suggest the sales tax shown on a receipt for you to verify.
- Mileage tracking. Log business kilometres alongside the fuel and maintenance receipts that back them up.
- Reviewable categories. Choose or correct the category for each expense before using it in your records.
- One-tap export. Hand your accountant a clean CSV instead of a shoebox of paper.
Realtors: frequently asked questions
- Can real estate agents deduct car expenses in Canada?
- Yes. The business-use portion of your vehicle costs is generally deductible — fuel, insurance, maintenance, leasing, and capital cost allowance — based on the percentage of kilometres driven for work. A mileage log is essential, and PKTD keeps the supporting fuel and maintenance receipts attached to it.
- Do I need to keep paper receipts, or are photos enough?
- The CRA permits electronic images when they are legible, complete, accessible, and retained with appropriate controls and backups for the required period. PKTD stores receipt images on your device, but confirm the CRA imaging requirements before disposing of original paper records.
- How does PKTD help at tax time?
- You can review and correct each receipt’s category and any GST/HST field before exporting a CSV for your accountant or bookkeeper. With your consent, optional cloud AI can suggest those fields from redacted receipt text.