and specify the division of days between rental and personal.
That's one contributing factor. (You're putting personal use days of more than zero) But it's not the only factor.
On the "do any of these situations apply" screen there are three options you have to select.
- 2019 was the first year I rented this property
- I rent out part of my home
- I converted this property from personal use to a rental in 2019
For "days rented" the day count starts on the first day a renter "could" have moved in.
The personal use days is ZERO. Read the note below that box.
Then "No I do not claim a home office" since a home office is not allowed for this.
Then the next screen is "let us calculate.... for you" (which it what you're looking for. Select YES then enter the percentage of square footage that is exclusive to the renter and press on.
Days of personal use will be ZERO. Read the note below the personal use days entry box.
Finally, when you get done entering things in the assets/deprecation section take note of the depreciation the program figures for you. Then use the worksheet from page 36 of IRS Publication 946 at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p946.pdf to figure it manually yourself. My bet is, things won't match up. When they don't match up just let me know and I'll show you how to make the program "do the work" and figure it correctly.
