https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/can-i-deduct-wages-for-my-work-on-my-rental-property-this-would-be-for-landscaping-trimming-bushes/01/108795#M3809 I own a rental house and do some of the work myself. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:54:49 GMT pollykyle 2019-06-01T04:54:49Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/can-i-deduct-wages-for-my-work-on-my-rental-property-this-would-be-for-landscaping-trimming-bushes/01/108795#M3809 I own a rental house and do some of the work myself. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:54:49 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/can-i-deduct-wages-for-my-work-on-my-rental-property-this-would-be-for-landscaping-trimming-bushes/01/108795#M3809 pollykyle 2019-06-01T04:54:49Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/no-per-publication-535-payments-in-kind-if-you-provide/01/108802#M3810 <P>No, per Publication 535.</P><P>Payments in kind. If you provide services to pay a business expense, the amount you can deduct is limited to your out­of-­pocket costs. <B>You cannot deduct the cost of your own labor.</B> Similarly, if you pay a business expense in goods or other property, you can deduct only what the property costs you. If these costs are included in the cost of goods sold, do not deduct them again as a business expense.<BR /></P><P> <A href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p535.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p535.pdf</A> <BR /> </P> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 04:54:51 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/no-per-publication-535-payments-in-kind-if-you-provide/01/108802#M3810 Coleen3 2019-06-01T04:54:51Z