In trying to complete my state taxes, I am getting stopped on a page which is asking me for the the differences in the state depreciation from the federal depreciation for the rental apartment in the basement of my home. It has a number of fields that I can't answer, including
-- "Depreciation Method," in which the choices are: 200% declining balance, 150% declining balance, declining balance, straight line, various and MACRS. (I believe the accountant I hired last year to do my taxes used the straight line method, since one sheet reads method SL.)
-- "Useful Life (months)." Would this be 27.5 years x 12? No idea what it refers to
-- "State Prior Depreciation taken." I have no idea what the prior depreciation taken was and I do not see any reference to it on my previous year tax form
-- "Depreciation for 2017." Again, how do I know, other than the amount Turbotax already calculated for the federal depreciation?
