Lost Deposit against incomeTax

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Guys, can you claim (or write off) lost deposit $$$ from Rev Canada, in your incomeTax?

[Frank]

Guys, can you claim (or write off) lost deposit $$$ from Rev Canada, in your incomeTax?

I'm pretty sure we covered this in previous posts. 

If you are buying this as a business, whether it is incorporated or not, I believe you can deduct it as a business expense, that would go for deposit costs, searches, travel costs to do your research, etc...(I don't think you can include bribes to Municipal Officials). 

The down-side of running it as a business is that you will pay full taxes on any profits you make from your ventures, as opposed to buying the occasional property, as a hobby, and realizing some capital gains and therefore only paying taxes on half of the gains.