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April 2, 2025
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How do I enter my room rental? The form doesn’t ask for square footage. Now it is deducting 100% of all my expenses.

  • April 2, 2025
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The home business VRBO room rental is deducting 100% of my taxes, electric bill, gas bill etc. Seems like it should only be a percentage.

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    AmyC
    April 2, 2025

    Great catch, let's get you prorating. 

    First, in the general property information, check that you marked "I rent out part of my home".

    Second, select a method, enter percentages and numbers.  There are two options, either way you must know the percentage for the rented portion.  For my example, I will use 25% rental.

    • You do the math:  Enter your %, example 75% of the mortgage interest and property taxes under deductions and credits. Enter the other 25% on sch E for the rental.
    • Let the program do the math: Delete all numbers from deductions and credits. Return to Sch E to the property profile. Select that you rent part of your home, enter the percentage and select for the program to do the math. The program will put the correct 25% amounts on Sch E and pull the rest to Sch A.

     

     

     

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