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?

[tax-worrier]

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

[AmyC]

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.

1. Open to your rental and edit. 
2. Select the assets section.
3. Go to the summary 
4. Add an asset
5. Select rental real estate property to describe the asset
6. Select residential real estate to categorize the asset
7. Enter the description - tile floor
8. Enter the cost - $xx
9. cost of land - blank
10. Date purchased
11. continue
12. I purchased this asset
13. 100% business use, date placed in service
14. asset summary shows this years deduction for the tiles