topic We built a house on our farmland. Can we count the cost of building as farm expenses? We have no farm income yet, aside from government program income (CRP). in Get your taxes done using TurboTax https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/we-built-a-house-on-our-farmland-can-we-count-the-cost-of-building-as-farm-expenses-we-have-no-farm/01/718632#M288922 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:53:11 GMT Anonymous 2019-06-06T14:53:11Z We built a house on our farmland. Can we count the cost of building as farm expenses? We have no farm income yet, aside from government program income (CRP). https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/we-built-a-house-on-our-farmland-can-we-count-the-cost-of-building-as-farm-expenses-we-have-no-farm/01/718632#M288922 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:53:11 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/we-built-a-house-on-our-farmland-can-we-count-the-cost-of-building-as-farm-expenses-we-have-no-farm/01/718632#M288922 Anonymous 2019-06-06T14:53:11Z No, you can not deduct personal or living expenses that d... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-you-can-not-deduct-personal-or-living-expenses-that-d/01/718638#M288926 <P><B>No, </B>you can not deduct personal or living expenses that do not produce farm income. Even if you had income from the farm, this would still be personal expense, not a farm expense.</P>For more information about what you can include as expenses, follow this link:&nbsp;<A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sf.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IRS on Form F Farming Income</A><DIV> <BR /> </DIV> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:53:13 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/no-you-can-not-deduct-personal-or-living-expenses-that-d/01/718638#M288926 CarolynM 2019-06-06T14:53:13Z