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Why is my rental income and expenses all shown as half the amount I entered? I'm married filing jointly...

Did you convert this property from personal to rental use ?   Was this a vacation home rental where you also use the property ?  Check the personal use days ... check the Sch E and the associated worksheets for your answer : 

 

 

 

You can peek at only  the Federal form 1040 and the summary of the state info by going here:

1) lower- Left side of the screen...click to the left side of the "Tax Tools" text selection.
2)  then select "Tools"
3) then select "View Tax Summary" from the pop-up
4) then back to the left-side and "Preview 1040"

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Carl
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Why is my rental income and expenses all shown as half the amount I entered? I'm married filing jointly...

It's for one or both of two reasons.

 - You incorrectly entered a number greater than zero for days of personal use. The program is asking for days of personal use ***AFTER*** you converted it to a rental.

 - You incorrectly entered a number less than 100% for percentage of business use. The business use percentage ***AFTER*** you converted it to a rental is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

 

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