If you are on a cash basis (rather than accrual) you report income when you receive it. However, security deposits are not included in income when you receive them if you plan to return them to your tenants at the end of the lease. In contrast, deposits for the last month's rent are taxable when you receive them, because they are really rents paid in advance.
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