I know that there has been mixed advice on the use of Form 3115 but the advice given by RobertB4444 in his previous is the most accurate given that pertains to your issue.
You won't be able to submit a 3115 to claim your prior 9 years worth of depreciation because there was no change in accounting method. You just chose not to take it so as far as the IRS is concerned thus if you didn't use it, you lost it.
You can however amend your return your 2019 and 2020 returns to claim depreciation for your rental property, receive a rental deduction for the depreciation, and receive a refund amount based on the deduction amount. To amend, assuming you filed with Turbo Tax in 2019:
- Sign in to TurboTax.
- Scroll down to under Your tax returns & documents,
- Select Amend (change) 2019 return,
- Then Start amending my 2019 return.
- Then, select the reason you’re amending and follow the onscreen instructions.
- Go to where you entered your rental property information and navigate to the Here's XXX rental property info
- Select assets>Edit. Go through the questions that it asks and at the end of the section, your depreciation should be calculated and there should be a refund generated as a result of this change
- Repeat the same steps above to prepare your 2020 amended return.
- Hope this helps.
@pryoung
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