danlutterman
Returning Member

turning homes to rentals and back again

To verify my assumptions on how to calculate past depreciation on a property.  I originally put a home into a rental on 2/1/90. I used it as my home again on 3/1/16

My cost were 58740 and land of 51260 , purchased new on  1/1/88.

I checked NO ( I have not always used property for business use) The percentage of use business  in 2020 was 75%

To establish my new depreciation : 

I multiplied my annual past depreciation of $2136 by the number of years taken (26) with a total of $55,536.

That was the number I entered for the amount of depreciation taken in prior years. 

Does all that sound correct???