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Rental property sale and incorrect basis for depreciation

Context: I bought a rental property in 2019 for 341K. When reporting for taxes, I have entered basis for depreciation as 266K (valuation by the county) as I didnt understand it at that point.  266K is used for depreciation deduction of ($5244).  In 2023 return the "allocable share of the unadjusted basis immediately after acquisition" shows as $156400. 

 

Question: I am selling the property now for 485K after spending 20K in upgrades and about 30K in commissions/taxes.   My actual investment is 361K (341+20) and return in 455K (485-30).   How does this relate to UBIA mentioned above? Will I pay long term cap gains for $106K ?

 

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Rental property sale and incorrect basis for depreciation

You have long-term capital gain and depreciation recapture as a component.

 

However, how did you arrive at the $5,244 figure? What is your accumulated depreciation figure?

Rental property sale and incorrect basis for depreciation

$5244 was calculated by Turbotax in my 2019 tax return - first year of purchase. As I mentioned I entered my cost basis as 261K (by mistake instead of 341K. 261K is the county evaluation). It has 27.5 years  in the same line item - I am assuming it did the math.

 

Where do I find accumulated depreciation figure in my latest return? I have always  used Turbotax and it automatically ppopulated my rental unit data.  

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