Residential Roof repair as expense rather than depreciate

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Replied to Ask the Experts Sept 17th 

To:  TurboTax · Wed, Sep 17 at 4:22 PM

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"I purchased this house brand new in 1984.  The house is roofed with cement tiles having an expected life of 50 plus years.  I experience failure of the underlayment in 38 years. Requiring roof tiles & underlayment removal.  Two sheets of damaged plywood replaced.  Replacing the underlayment (paper) did not increase the roof life expectancy or betterment.  It stopped the leak. The same roof tiles were placed back on the roof.  Work warranty for 10 years.  Tile life uninterrupted. "  Cost $16,000.00, far less than a new roof cost of $40,000.00 to $45.000.00.

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[VolvoGirl]

No you can't email them.   You just post here in the forum like you did.  Or really you should have entered this as a reply on your other post to keep it all together.   Your other post is here......

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/file-with-turbotax/discussion/residential-rental-tile-roof/00/3702...