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Level 2
December 10, 2023
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depreciation recapture

  • December 10, 2023
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I have entered all the required information related to sale of long term rental residential property. On form 4797, I show a gain on the sale of the house (sales price minus adjusted book value). From everything I read, I anticipated some depreciation recovery showing up on line 31 of Form 4797. I entered the sales information for the land and the house in the depreciation section of the rental income section, anticipating all necessary forms would be completed but now I am not so sure. Does anyone have any insights on how this works?

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Level 15
December 10, 2023

Are you using a desktop version of TurboTax? If so, enter Forms Mode and look at Form 4797 (Part III).

 

You should see depreciation allowed (or allowable) on Line 22. The program will calculate the correct tax rate on any recapture.

dj772Author
Level 2
December 11, 2023

Thanks for your response. Am I correct that the difference between the allowed depreciation on line 22 and the cumulative depreciation taken is the depreciation recovery? I cannot find a worksheet showing how the allowed depreciation is calculated. Any suggestions?

Level 15
December 11, 2023

Look at your Schedule D Tax Worksheet (Line 40 to be exact).