Renting out rooms in primary residence - H1B visa

msbrar — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:20:17 GMT

Hello,

I own a house and its primary residence and I have rented out 2 rooms to students for longer term. I am on H1B visa. Please advise how would i file the taxes for rental income and for deduction considering I am on work visa and cannot show active involvement like there is in Air Bnb etc.

I am new to this and I understand that there is one particular schedule, one over the other ( Like Schedule C instead of A) to address this issue. Any advise is appreciated.

Thanks.

Re: Renting out rooms in primary residence - H1B visa

pk — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:37:34 GMT

@msbrar , you report rental income on Schedule-E. On expenses side of this Schedule you can include (pro-rated) items like mortgage interest, utilities, depreciation, property taxes etc. etc. Please see the following pub from the IRS:

2022 Publication 527 (irs.gov)

If you need more on this please feel free to post more here or PM with specific questions ( no PII though ).

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