Investors & Landlords Tax Forum Q&A

Investors & landlords

All About Rental Real Estate & Vacation Rentals

You’re in great company if you’re thinking about joining the rapidly expanding group of real estate investors. Whether you want the adventure of becoming a full-time landlord or simply looking to make a little extra cash by renting out a room - or yo... read more

1099-Misc

How do I claim my 1099-misc from my timeshare? It is for 2250. where I cashed in points that i receive every year to help with maintenance fees. So confused on the type of income because its not really rental income.Help!

Since 2024 I have paid $16,400 for publishing and marketing a book that have made $24 in royalties. Can I claim a credit for these loses?

I lost money making, legalizing, publishing and marketing a book. Can I claim a tax credit?

can't Import Transactions from 2 user IDs at a single investment firm

In older versions of TT, if you have more than one log in user ID at a financial institution (for example, for your IRA and for your wife's IRA), you used to be able to go through the "Import Transactions" process more than one time to pull the data ... read more

How do I enter the 30 and 40 yr depreciation rules on residential rental properties in turbo tax?

The most recent (2025) version calculates the depreciation with 27.5yrs

1099-R Annuity Question Confusion

Have TT Deluxe installed on Windows11. Entering 1099-R data, towards end of entry TT determines it needs to ask more questions. One of which is this one: Annuity Information:For the years XXXX received these distributions, was the total amount shown ... read more

How do I report 1099B proceeds but no cost basis or holding period identified? The additional information column shows "principal payment" and a cost basis factor.

This is for a widely held fixed investment trust, specifically GLD ETF.

Turbo Tax rejects Homeshare for part of the year

Hello,In 2025, I shared my home (1/2 of the house) with a traveling medical provider for 4 months. So I had personal use of my home for 365 days, while the homeshare renter had it for 120 days. Turbo allows a max of 365 day. How do I enter this?!?!?!... read more

Disposition of vehicle used for rental property

I have 2 rental properties and have been taking the standard mileage deduction each year for both properties. The car was 100$ owned by me and I used for both personal and business (rental) use with personal use being the majority. I sold the car in ... read more

Turbotax asking for Schedule E Passive Operating Loss on rental property

We have a rental property and when running a final check on federal, Turbotax says: "Schedule E worksheet: Passive Operating Loss must be entered." And shows a blank box for me to enter a number. I have zero clue what to put here -- I'm assuming this... read more

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Rental Depreciation not working 1MAR

Rental Property Depreciation not working online and it is March 1. Any ideas? Really frustrating.

If I have already reviewed the 1099B information and it matches, why won't the "need review" go away?

The stock sales information matches my 1099B exactly, and yet, it keeps being flagged as 'needs review' and I cannot continue.

Split Mortgage Interest and Taxes due to Rental

This past year we started renting out space above our attached garage. We rented it in Sept, Oct, Nov and December and that space represents about 23% of our overall square footage of the house.In TT I entered the following:1. Its a single family )ho... read more

I have a 1099 B for the redemption of two CD's, how do I report them and what Type do i list in the sales info section i.e. stock, bond, mutual or other?

Bug? TT2025 Desktop Premier trying to deduct entire cap loss on sale of rental property, not creating 8949 or sch D for the sale

Ok, using TT2025 Premier Desktop. Trying to include the sale of a rental property in 2025. It was held long term. Cost of acquisition was 336,300 (of which 30,000 was land value). Sold in Dec 2025 for 306,100 which included $95,992.84 in sales costs,... read more