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Deductions & credits
Yes- If you are a US citizen or resident, you will need to include all worldwide income (include foreign rental income) on your US income tax return (even if this foreign rental income is not taxes in the foreign country where the rental is located.)
You will also be able to claim all these rental expenses (including maintenance, foreign property taxes and travel to inspect your property, etc.) just as you would a US rental. The main difference is that a foreign rental is depreciated over a 40 yr useful life (whereas domestic/US rentals are deprecation over a 27.5 yr life).
To enter rental information in TurboTax, log into your tax return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my return") type "rental income and expenses" in the search bar then select "jump to rental income and expenses". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information.
Here is a link that can provide you with helpful information related to your rental property