Mid term rental

[mpetrakis88]

Can you claim your home as a rental for the full year if you do a mid term rental?

if I started November of this month would whole 2025 count as a rental and then an I claim necessary upgrades I did? 

[SwapnaM · Accepted solution]

No, you cannot claim the home as a rental for the full year 2025 if you only started renting in November. You can only claim rental expenses and depreciation for the portion of the year the property was actually available for rent/placed in service.

The deductibility of your "upgrades" depends on whether the IRS classifies them as Repairs or Capital Improvements and when the work was done.

Deductible Repairs: These are expenses that maintain the property but don’t add significant value. eg: painting, fixing plumbing issues. You can deduct these in 2025, even if done before the rental started, as long as they were made to prepare the property for rental.

Capital improvements: These are upgrades that add value, extend the life of the asset. eg. new roof, HVAC, remodel. These must be capitalized and depreciated over 27.5 years for residential rental property.

@mpetrakis88 Thanks for the question!!