Deducting Legal, Accounting and Other Professional Fees
Many startups do not realize that their legal and accounting fees can be deducted as a business expense for tax purpose. Here is the CRA’s full archived guide to deducing legal and accounting fees.
The CRA’s breif summary guide states:
Deduct the fees you incurred for external professional advice or services, including consulting fees.
You can deduct accounting and legal fees you incur to get advice and help with keeping your records. You can also deduct fees you incur for preparing and filing your income tax and GST/HST returns.
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You cannot deduct legal and other fees you incur to buy a capital property. Instead, add these fees to the cost of the property.