Investors & Landlords Tax Forum Q&A

Investors & landlords

All About Rental Real Estate & Vacation Rentals

You’re in great company if you’re thinking about joining the rapidly expanding group of real estate investors. Whether you want the adventure of becoming a full-time landlord or simply looking to make a little extra cash by renting out a room - or yo... read more

2025 Turbotax Deluxe Desktop

Can Turbotax Deluxe Desktop handle six straight forward municipal bonds sales?

Form 8960

My income for the year is over the threshold to have to pay NIIT. I also included in my tax returns the 1099-INT for my savings account interest earned. Based on this I should have recieved a form 8960 for the 3.8% tax on the interest income but it i... read more

MFS in CA, TurboTax doesn't calculate taxes properly

We are filing MFS, California residents. I'm using TT Premier, Desktop for Mac.The problem: We both have 1099-INT and 1099-DIV forms. I imported the data from our brokerage into the respective separate TT returns. I also have W-2 and 1099-B income (c... read more

Theres a question asking if the sale of some of the stocks i own are rsu's but doesnt specify if this was at the time of grant or time of sale?

2025 form is picking up OBI passive op loss from 2024 return, but later gives error "OBI passive op loss must be entered".

it seems TT is good at comparing rental income entry for this year and automagically pulling in loss from 2024 return, but at final recheck of return, stops with error that it "must be entered". Provides a blank for it, along with scrollable view of ... read more

I entered mortgage interest for rental property but its not showing up in the summary, its still 0

Entering expenses for my rental property and the mortgage interest isn't working. Its clearly entered but it still shows 0 in the 2025 column.

When will depreciation of a rental property become available in the software? Software says Depreciation and Amortization will be ready by February..not yet

software says , when its ready, we'll let you know using the email you used to sign in to TurboTax

Why are my capital gains from form 1099B taxed at regular income?

why are capital gains from 1099B taxed as regular income?

When will rental property depreciation and amortization be available? Note says will be available by February but likely sooner.

Depreciation and Amortization will be ready by February, but likely sooner

Turbotax asking for Schedule E Passive Operating Loss on rental property

We have a rental property and when running a final check on federal, Turbotax says: "Schedule E worksheet: Passive Operating Loss must be entered." And shows a blank box for me to enter a number. I have zero clue what to put here -- I'm assuming this... read more