Renting part of my home.

[DMO91]

My home has 3 bedrooms for which I rent out one of them.  To calculate my rental use, do I have to use the square feet method of the bedroom vs my entire home or can I use the number of bedrooms at 1/3 since it would give me a higher % of deductions? Thank you! 

[TurboTaxSusan]

As per the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), you can use either square metres or the number of rooms you are renting in the building. If you use the number of rooms, then it’s based on the total number of rooms in the house, not just bedrooms. Ex: Your house has 10 rooms and you’re renting out one, so you can claim 1/10th of the expense.

The above applies for expenses you have for the whole house. Any expense that’s just for the rented room you can claim in full. 

You read more about rental expenses on the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)’s webpage: Rental Income - Expenses - Personal Portion