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I have entered everything as previous years for my vacation rental property. I am getting an error stating I need to enter a Passive Operating Loss amount. What is this

Do I enter 0 or my actual loss for the year. I can't find the line on the worksheet either.
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DianeW777
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I have entered everything as previous years for my vacation rental property. I am getting an error stating I need to enter a Passive Operating Loss amount. What is this

It depends. There are a couple of critical areas such as whether you have said you are renting at 'fair rental value' (FRV) and whether you are renting for a profit. Also, if your income is over the threshold for allowing any passive losses that could also be a factor.

 

Phaseout Rule: The maximum special allowance of $25,000 ($12,500 for married individuals filing separate returns and living apart at all times during the year) is reduced by 50% of the amount of your modified adjusted gross income that’s more than $100,000 ($50,000 if you’re married filing separately). If your modified adjusted gross income is $150,000 or more ($75,000 or more if you’re married filing separately), you generally can’t use the special allowance. This is because the special allowance is reduced to $0 since the modified adjusted gross income is over the $100,000 amount.

  • Sign into your TurboTax return > Search (upper right) > Type rentals > Press enter > Click on the Jump to... link > Edit next to the Rental Activity  > Edit next to the Property Profile or General Info > Continue to the question about active participation
  • Continue to the end of the section for TurboTax to save your changes.

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