MG26
Level 3

Deductions & credits

These are additional questions, I started entering the information for the rental property asset. It seems to spread the catch up depreciation over years as it's only about 4000 this year and not the huge amount catch up that I predicted.  It is asking for the land value amount for the purchase year. I understand to use the percentage from the assessment to calculate. I was under the impression that I should use the fair market value when it placed in service and was using that year's land percent with my own calculations. The purchased land value percentage is quite different than placed in service date percentage. I actually don't have the assessment for purchased year of 1997 seeing the online records don't go that far back. The percentage for two years later (2020) than the purchased year as an example is 10.53 and the percentage for year in service 2012 is 6.43. It seems strange that TT would use the land percentage from a year that wasn't the placed in service year. Do I really have to call the county to get the assessment for purchase year?