I understood you before. These are the pros and cons of my solution vs yours:
1. My solution: generates a correct Sch A, Sch E for properties, but does not generate a 4562 that shows mileage used on auto for rentals.
2. Your solution: generates a correct Sch E for properties, doesnt generate a correct Sch A (explain later), generates a correct 4562 for auto used in rentals. The reason it doesnt generate a correct Sch A is that the property tax portion is entered for 1 rental and calculated based on the mileage used for that 1 rental, but for the other, instead of entering the property tax portion of auto, it is deducted as something else. That generates a correct Sch E. But the Sch A (tax and int worksheet) shows non-business portion of personal property taxes as too high. Exanple: Say VLF fee is $100 for the auto. $20 for 1 rental, $30 for rental 2, leaving $50 as personal prop tax on Sch A. WIth your suggestion, lets enter the mileage for rental 1 auto that results in the $20 deduction. For rental 2, we enter the mileage but do not deduct the prop tax portion but enter $30 elsewhere. On the tax & Int worksheet it lists the non-business portion of personal prop tax as $100-$20 = $80. This is too high and one cannot add a negative number to offfset. This $80 propagates to Sch A and is wrong.
So my solution so far is best but doesnt generate the 4562 for efiling.
