A qualifying real estate professional may deduct rental real estate losses for each rental in which he/she materially participates provided 3 tests are passed: More than one half of the taxpayer’s personal services must be in real property ...
Like seemingly everything in the US Tax Code, it depends....
This new IRS Revenue Procedure is hugely important. Beginning in tax years after 1/24/2010 the IRS is requiring a written statement to accompany the tax return that lists how passive investment activities are grouped. The statement must include your name, address, employer ID #, and/or...
Material participation is regular, consistent and substantial personal involvement in operations. It is required in businesses, farms, rental real estate owned by real estate professionals, most vacation rentals, hotels, motels, and B&B’s, etc.. Basically most anything reported on IRS form K-1 Line 1 for partnership...
According to Revenue Procedure 2010-13 starting in 2010: A written statement is required to group similar business/activities. Managing LLC members must pass any of 7 tests for material participation the most popular of which is the...
The following are the top issues for the IRS regarding passive losses: Airplane Leasing Farm loss - particularly when the taxpayer lives out of state Rental Real Estate Real Estate Professionals demonstrating 'material participation' Equipment leasing losses 1120S and 1065 losses on the Schedule 'E'...
Rental Income from a building leased to a business where the tax payer works - Reg 1.469-2(f)(6) Rental income from leased land - Reg. 1.469-2T(f)(3) Income from land, a building or other property held for investment IRC 469(e)(1)(A)(ii)(II) Gains on stocks or bonds - IRC 469(e)(1)(A)(ii)(II) Royalties - IRC...
A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report sheds some light on the misconception that the 3.8% Medicare contributions tax on unearned income, which was added by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and effective for tax years beginning in...
Bill and Geri completed a like-kind exchange a little over a year ago when one rental property was exchanged for another rental property in Florida. Bill and Geri intend to retire to Florida as soon as possible and would like to convert the acquired rental...
A new term that has entered the mortgage loan industry in recent years is a short sale. Simply put, a short sale is a sale of real estate in which the sale proceeds fall short of the balance owed on the property’s loan. This answer...