It's estimated that if the IRS audited more returns that contained
rental real estate claims, the U.S. Treasury would grow by $ 27.3 million in the next five years.
Not exact matches
If you manage
real estate as a source of
rental income, you report earnings and
claim deductions through a personal or business return.
You can
claim a special loss allowance for
rental real estate activities that fall outside the general rule.
However, most
real estate investors don't take this route as it doesn't allow them to take full advantage of all the deductible expenses that can be
claimed to reduce your annual U.S.
rental income and, thus, the taxes owed on that income.
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While passive loss rules severely restrict the ability to deduct
rental property losses from other nonrental income,
real estate professionals can
claim an exemption.
A federal court has considered whether a taxpayer has offered sufficient evidence to qualify as a «
real estate professional» under the federal Tax Code («Code»), allowing him to
claim an unlimited deduction for
rental losses.
The court also questioned the evidence submitted by the Taxpayer in support of his
claims, as the court found that the evidence appeared to be mere estimations of the time spent working on the
rental properties, which is not sufficient to support a
claim of being a
real estate professional under the Code.
This is particularly true for
real estate pros who own
rental property and
claim rental losses.
If that
rental property were owned by a
real estate investor individually, he or she would be named in the lawsuit and would have to defend his or her personal assets from the plaintiff's
claims.
If you own
rental or investment
real estate, you may want to transfer the property to an LLC to limit your personal liability for
claims or lawsuits involving the property.