Residential rental activities are reported under Rental Properties in Wages & Income and appear on Schedule E as part of your tax return.
You can find Schedule E in TurboTax by using the Search box at the top right side of the TurboTax header. Enter "schedule e", hit Enter, then click "jump to schedule e". This will take you directly to the start of this section. Or go to My Account >> Tools >> Topic Search. Type in "schedule e", then click the topic in the list.
Since you are renting part of your home, you must divide certain expenses between the part of the house used for rental purposes and the part of the property used for personal purposes, as though you actually had two separate pieces of property.
You do not have to divide the expenses that belong only to the rental part of your property.
You can use any reasonable method for dividing the expense. The most common methods for dividing an expense are based on the number of rooms in your home or based on the square footage of your home.
For more information on what expenses you are allowed to deduct, here is a link to the IRS Schedule E Instructions for rental properties, and to Publication 527, Rental Properties which will give you some great guidance.
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