I have had rental home carpet upgrade i.e. removed carpet & added tiles. Since this is considered as an home improvement so where and how I enter this cost?

Do I need to take this cost over multiple years or can I use it in a single year tax return

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I have had rental home carpet upgrade i.e. removed carpet & added tiles. Since this is considered as an home improvement so where and how I enter this cost?

Many years, 27.5 years since tile is permanently attached to the house. Follow these steps to add the tiles as an improvement to the house.

Open to your rental and edit.
Select the assets section.
Go to the summary
Add an asset
Select rental real estate property to describe the asset
Select residential real estate to categorize the asset
Enter the description - tile floor
Enter the cost - $xx
cost of land - blank
Date purchased
continue
I purchased this asset
100% business use, date placed in service
asset summary shows this years deduction for the tiles

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