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New Member
posted Mar 9, 2021 12:53:55 PM

I am looking for the method for depreciating a rental property. where can I find the method used?

What is the depreciation schedule for rental property?

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Expert Alumni
Mar 9, 2021 1:43:48 PM

You would enter your property under assets in the Rental section of the program. The building is depreciated over 27.5 years.

Level 15
Mar 9, 2021 2:51:31 PM

IRS Publication 946 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/p946--2019.pdf covers all the methods and conventions used to depreciate property. Typically, residential rental real estate that is located in the United States is depreciated over 27.5 years, using the mid-month convention, straight line depreciation method as shown in table A-6 on page 72 of that publication. The TurboTax program uses this automatically, by default for residential rental property located in the United States.

New Member
Mar 9, 2021 3:59:47 PM

Question answered - thank you all.