Congratulations on your New Home Purchase…Oops! You’re liable for Seller’s Taxes! As a buyer, no more rude shock can intrude on your new home celebration than finding out you are liable for Seller’s taxes. Understandably, by the time of…
Issue If a taxpayer converts a home to a rental, when can the taxpayer deduct any losses related thereto? Related Tax Rules or Regulations Internal Revenue Code Section 262, which provides that except as otherwise expressly provided, no deduction is allowed…
Issue Who qualifies as a real estate professional for tax purposes? More specifically, how does a taxpayer establish that he or she materially participate in rental activities, so that the rentals become non-passive, and any losses can be used without…