HelenC12
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Investors & landlords

If you sold your rental in 2020, see I sold my rental property. How do I report that?

 

You may have to pay 25% on your Depreciation Recapture. When you sell a rental, in addition to capital gains, you may have Depreciation Recapture. If you dispose of depreciable or amortizable property at a gain, you may have to treat all or part of the gain (even if otherwise nontaxable) as ordinary income. 

  • You depreciated the building and other assets in years past. 
  • You received the benefit of a depreciation deduction that offset ordinary income tax rates.
  • The government is not going to grant the most favorable capital gains rates on the portion of the gain relating to these prior depreciation deductions.  
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