Investors & landlords

Many times someone else comes in and buys the practice.  If there is anyway you can get the detailed depreciation from the estate or new preparer it would save you a lot of time. 

If that is not possible you will have to reconstruct it, the best you can.  

In 1997 Residential real property had a 27 1/2 year life.  So $1,818 a year would be $49,995 for a building (excluding the land). 

This link it is the 1997 depreciation guide from IRS. 

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/p946--1997.pdf

You would enter the Asset in TurboTax as acquired in 1997 and the cost, and accumulated depreciation taken. 

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