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Am I thinking about the tax benefits of renting real estate correctly?
Question on rental income taxation:
Thank you in advance if you can clarify if I am thinking about this right or not... -Assume I own a rental property in my LLC. -The property earns 2,000 in net rental income after paying mortgage/Maintenance/insurance/taxes/mgmt fees. -The total sum of the maintenance/insurance/taxes/mgmt fees is 5,000. The total mortgage interest paid on the loan for the year is 1,000. So total tax deductions are 6,000 for the year.
-My tax marginal tax on earned income is 46.7%
-At the end of the year I have 2,000 in actual rent income offset by 6,000 in tax deductions. According to the IRS, I have lost (4,000) on renting the property.
My question...
-Is this loss carried over against other earned income for the year?
If it is carried against other income...
-In trying to compute my return on the investment, is it correct to say:
Thank you in advance if you can clarify if I am thinking about this right or not... -Assume I own a rental property in my LLC. -The property earns 2,000 in net rental income after paying mortgage/Maintenance/insurance/taxes/mgmt fees. -The total sum of the maintenance/insurance/taxes/mgmt fees is 5,000. The total mortgage interest paid on the loan for the year is 1,000. So total tax deductions are 6,000 for the year.
-My tax marginal tax on earned income is 46.7%
-At the end of the year I have 2,000 in actual rent income offset by 6,000 in tax deductions. According to the IRS, I have lost (4,000) on renting the property.
My question...
-Is this loss carried over against other earned income for the year?
If it is carried against other income...
-In trying to compute my return on the investment, is it correct to say:
I earned 2,000 in rental income for the year, which is taxed at 46.7%. So I net earned 1,066 for the year. Plus I had 6,000 in tax deductions for the year, which saved me 2,802 in tax dollars. So my actual return on this investment is 3,868 (1,066+2,802).
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Your accountant is smoking something. It will be based upon the type of transaction. If you are flipping it is considered inventory and is taxed at your marginal rate. If you are a landlord you will pay capital gains tax Short term or Long-term.
You have recapture on depreciation taxed at a maximum of 25%.