Hi BillM223,
I am having this exact problem. I notice the difference (When I add rental expenses my refund goes down) on form 8995 and it's related to the QBI as you mentioned. When I add no expenses for my rental I see:
Line 2 > 0 , line 3 (carryover from prior year) contains <0 and then 4 is the difference. 20% isthen applied and that gets moved to my 1040 line 10.
However, when I add expenses, the lines 2 and 3 on the 8995 are 0, thus nothing is added to 1040 line 10 and I dont' get the additional deduction.
This is so counter-intuitive that I can't believe it's correct. Why would I want to claim the expenses?
Thanks!
