Get your taxes done using TurboTax

From the TurboTax menu, the first question for a rental is:

"Do you want to use a safe harbor to qualify this property for a deduction?

Yes...

No...

Note: A property that does not meet a safe harbor may still be a qualified trade or business eligible for deduction."

 

After a "no" there, the next menu takes you to "Is this Qualified Business Income?" And in there, the explanation is "In general, if rental or royal activity is based in the U.S. and carried on with regularity, continuity, and a profit motive, then income from this activity is considered Qualified Business Income (QBI)."

 

So I still don't see that most non-professional rental owners (that act as landlords) would respond "no" to that second menu (Is this Qualified Business Income?).