Maximize your tax deductions
Rental real estate provides more tax benefits than almost any other investment. Whether you own a ten-unit rental apartment building or rent a room in your home through Airbnb, you need to know about all the valuable deductions you are entitled to take as a landlord. Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide is the only book that focuses exclusively on IRS rules and deductions for landlords.
With this book, you will learn about:
depreciation, casualty and theft losses, start-up expenses, and other common landlord deductions
IRS rules on deducting repairs and improvements
vacation home tax rules, and
proper record keeping and accounting, and much more.
The book also covers landlord tax classifications, reporting rental income, hiring workers, and deducting rental losses.
Filled with practical advice and real-world examples, Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide will save you money by making sure you owe less to the IRS at tax time.
This edition is updated and revised to cover tax rules for Airbnb-type rentals.
Зміст
1. Tax Deduction Basics for Landlords
2. Landlord Tax Classifications
3. Deducting Your Operating Expenses
4. Repairs
5. Depreciation Basics
6. Maximizing Your Depreciation Deductions
7. Interest
8. Start-Up Expenses
9. The Home Office Deduction
10. Car and Local Transportation Expenses
11. Travel Expenses
12. Hiring Help
13. Casualty and Theft Losses
14. Additional Deductions
15. Vacation Homes
16. Deducting Rental Losses
17. Record Keeping and Accounting
18. All About Schedule E
19. The Net Investment Income Tax
Index
Про автора
Stephen Fishman has dedicated his career as an attorney and author to writing useful, authoritative, and recognized guides on business, taxation, and intellectual property matters for small businesses, entrepreneurs, independent contractors, and freelancers. He is the author of 20 books and hundreds of articles, and has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. Among his books are Every Landlord’s Tax Deduction Guide, Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, and Working for Yourself:Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types, published by Nolo.