When you buy business or investment real property, such as an apartment building, you usually pay one lump sum for land, buildings, and other improvements. There’s no cost breakdown. You can’t depreciate land because it doesn’t wear out. So, as far as depreciation...
Here’s good news: the properly used business vacation home or condo does not suffer from • the vacation-home rules,• the passive-loss rules, or• the entertainment-facility rules. In these days of COVID-19, you may have solid reasons to use your vacation home or condo...
With the start of a new tax year, you’re probably looking for new tax savings opportunities. As you probably know, establishing a home office for your Schedule C or corporate business creates valuable tax deductions. But it’s not available only for your...
The simple maneuver of converting your personal residence to a rental property brings with it many tax rules, mostly good when you know how they work. The first question that arises when you convert a personal residence into a rental is how to determine the...
Nothing stays the same in the tax world, and that’s especially true with your brand-new 20 percent Section 199A tax deduction. In January, an IRS Notice gave you a Section 199A safe-harbor option for your rental properties, possibly making it easier for you to qualify...
