Compliance ledger

Your audit trail, maintained

Everything CRA wants to see, laid out to match S3-F6-C1. Export to CSV for your accountant.

Commingling

CLEAN

No personal charges on HELOC

Direct-use test

PASS

Every draw traced to investment

Holdings

QUALIFY

All income-producing

Docs retained

36/36

Complete through this year

Year

Event type

Export

Transaction ledger

Date

Event

Account

Amount

Link

Receipt

Deductible

2026-04-01

Mortgage payment

Mortgage sub-acct

-1,461.48

Principal: 339.12

Statement

N/A

2026-04-01

HELOC re-advance

HELOC sub-acct

+339.12 limit

Auto

Statement

N/A

2026-04-02

HELOC draw

HELOC sub-acct

-339.12

Transfer to Brokerage

Transfer confirm

Yes

2026-04-02

Brokerage deposit

Brokerage NR

+339.12

From HELOC

Statement

N/A

2026-04-02

Trade: 10 VDY

Brokerage NR

-335.00

VDY @ 33.50

Trade confirm 8472

N/A

2026-04-15

Dividend: VDY

Brokerage NR

+3.40

42 shares x 0.081

T5 2026

N/A

2026-04-16

Sweep to chequing

Chequing

+3.40

From Brokerage

Statement

N/A

2026-04-16

Mortgage prepayment

Mortgage sub-acct

-3.40

From Chequing

Statement

N/A

2026-04-30

HELOC interest

HELOC sub-acct

+7.50 capitalized

Auto, 6.5%/yr pro-rated

Statement

Yes

Showing April 2026. 36 prior months available. All entries link to source document (statement PDF, trade confirmation, slip).

Annual reconciliation (2025)

HELOC interest (ours)

1,184.22

Sum of monthly capitalizations

Lender T5

1,184.22

Reconciles

Investment income (taxable)

132.40

Dividends grossed up 1.38x

Quebec allowed deduction

132.40

+1,051.82 to carryforward

If CRA sent a review letter today

You would be able to produce:

Every HELOC statement (36 months retained)

Every brokerage statement (36 months retained)

Every trade confirmation (127 total)

Every T5/T3 slip (6 total: 2 from lender, 4 from brokerage)

Three annual reconciliation spreadsheets

Investment policy statement, dated 2024-02-14

Filed T1 with line 22100 and Schedule N for 2024, 2025

Error:

If we ever detect contamination

Example: a personal charge appearing on the HELOC sub-account, or a non-HELOC deposit in the brokerage. You will see a red banner here. The strategy can often be salvaged, but only if caught quickly. Do not wait for the accountant to flag it.