Are expenses for repairs that are necessary to maintain a rental property properly deductible?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from APPU v. APPU, 2014 ONSC 19 (CanLII):
In the case of Murphy v. Bert (2007) CarswellNS 611 (N.S.S.C.) at para. 34 (which was not cited by either counsel in argument on the present case), it was held that, in addition to mortgage interest, property taxes, water and insurance, expenses for ongoing repairs which were “necessary to maintain the rental properties” were properly deductible.
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