Would legal fees qualify as a deduction when my apartment complex took me to court for being behind two hundred dollars on rent? It cost me like 1500 dollars.

I was short 200 dollars when it was time to pay rent again and I was a week late, but paid then, went to court and paid all of that.

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No. Your legal fees for a rent issue are not deductible.

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Would legal fees qualify as a deduction when my apartment complex took me to court for being behind two hundred dollars on rent? It cost me like 1500 dollars.

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