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Investors & landlords
If you have a single rental property, you may have a total of three sheets labeled as a "Form 4562". The one that prints in normal portrait format is the "official" form, and is the one that gets filed with the actual tax return. The portrait form is only generated if there is a change of some sort for the tax year being filed. For example, if you add an asset, sell an asset, convert an asset to personal use, etc. etc. etc.
The other two print in landscape format and are not *official* forms. But it's those two that will have the details being requested in this thread. The one you most likely need is titled "Depreciation and Amortization Report". The other is titled "Alternative Minimum Tax Depreciation". You only need that one if the program asks you for any AMT numbers.
If you use the one from the 2021 tax return, you have to add together the amounts in the "prior year deprec" column and "current year deprec" column. to get the total amount of prior year's depreciation taken, "BEFORE" 2022. It will not include the 2022 depreciation of course. This "unofficial" form will have more detail on it too, which you will definitely need, such as date placed in service, business use percentage, convention/method used for depreciation, and more.
When you enter this in TurboTax, the program will automatically figure the prior year's depreciation for you, based on the "in service" date you enter. So make sure that "in service" date is spot on correct.