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Since the tenant didn't give back the keys or clear out his belongings until late December, the house was technically rented or "available for rent" for the entire year. You should answer that it was rented all year because you weren't using it for yourself and it was legally occupied by a tenant until the very end. You only report the actual money you received as income, so the months he didn't pay just result in you owing less in taxes.