PatriciaV
Employee Tax Expert

Investors & landlords

Yes, costs incurred to maintain a rental property can be reported as rental expenses as long as the property was available to be rented during this period. The activity you described did not increase the value of the rental property, so those costs would not be capitalized (added to the basis).

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