KathrynG3
Expert Alumni

Investors & landlords

It depends. Assuming this is truly investment property and not personal-use property, then the fair rental days and personal use days should be reported as usual in the Rental Income section.

 

Pertaining to the 150 days you are asking about:

  • Fair rental days can be used for any of the 150 days that were used full-time for repairs and maintenance. See this article for more information: What kinds of rental property expenses can I deduct?
  • Otherwise, the rest of the 150 days will be personal use. This may allocate a portion of the related expenses as non-deductible.

A loss may be calculated based on the costs of repairs & maintenance since no income was earned for the year. However, this loss may be limited.

 

TurboTax summarizes these limitations here: 

Rentals are considered passive activities for most owners. There are rules that apply to passive activities that limit the losses you can take on your tax return.

 

Here are a few reasons why your losses may not be fully deductible:

* You do not actively manage your rental so losses are only allowed if there are profits from other passive activities.

* You do actively manage your rental so $25,000 in losses are allowed if your income is $100,000 or less.

* Your income is over $150,000. None of your real estate loss is allowed.

* Your income is over $100,000 and less than $150,000. Some of your loss is allowed and some of your loss is carried over to the future.

* You are filing Married Filing Separately (MFS) and you live with your spouse during the year. This reduces allowable losses to zero.

* You are filing Married Filing Separately (MFS) and you live apart from your spouse the entire year. Your allowable losses are reduced by 50% to $12,500

 

See IRS Topic No. 415 Renting Residential and Vacation Property for more details.