Why is Schedule E not allowing me to offset net income on Property B when I have passive loss carryover and losses from other properties?

[verticalstall]

I have three rental properties (in three separate states). Property A has a net income that was offset by passive loss carryovers. Property B (put into use in 2022) also has net income, but this is not being offset by additional passive loss carryovers (generated in prior years from Property A). Furthermore, Property C operated at a loss and those also did not offset Property B's net income. What am I doing wrong or not understanding?

[ThomasM125]

You are correct, the passive losses should offset passive income from rental activities. You need to verify that this is not being done, by looking at line 5 on schedule 1 of form 1040. That is where your net rental income will be reported. 

You can view your form 1040 and schedules 1 to 3 while working in the online version of TurboTax by following these steps:

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5. Look in the left menu bar and choose Preview my 1040
6. Scroll down the page to see form 1040 and schedules 1 to 3

[Critter-3]

The passive losses may be limited ... review the form 8582 ...

You can peek at only  the Federal form 1040 and the summary of the state info by going here:

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[verticalstall · Accepted solution]

Thank you for the replies. I noticed "NPA" and the 5,181 income was listed on Schedule E Line 26. Property B was incorrectly being treated as a non-passive activity. This was my fault as I had converted the property from a primary residence to a rental property for the 2022 tax year. I incorrectly listed the days as a primary residence as personal use days. After fixing the error, Property B income is now appropriately offset.