Prior Depreciation value

[txnewbie]

Do I enter the accumulated depreciation amount since year my property was placed in service as a rental to current tax year or enter only the depreciation expense for current tax year filing a return for.

[PatriciaV · Accepted solution]

If this is the first year you have offered the property as a rental and have never taken depreciation in a prior tax year, the value of "Prior Depreciation" would be zero. 

However, if you have depreciated this property on prior year tax returns, you would enter the total Accumulated Depreciation as of the end of last year as the amount of Prior Depreciation. Do not include current tax year depreciation in the total.

TurboTax will calculate the appropriate amount of current year depreciation based on your entries for the property.