What am I doing wrong?
Ok,
Last year I did my taxes with H&R Block. I own my house, but I rent out two rooms inside. I have done the math with the square footage, and I rent 41% of the home out. When I did my taxes last year with the H&R Block gentleman, we established that I am renting 41% and then we took 41% of every expense that we could claim and entered it into the system.
For example I paid something like $4k in interest, but on the schedule E it only states about $1,900.
When I went to go do my taxes on my own with their software. I was asked what percentage I rented the home, I entered 41% then I entered in all my expenses in full. I was told I was getting back more than double what I got back last year, when not much has changed other than my taxes going up a little and same with my homeowners insurance. Last year I remodeled a bathroom for $16k, so that isn't on my taxes this year, do I need to take all my expenses and deduct the 41% from them then enter or should the software automatically be doing it? Did the H&R Block guy screw me over last year?
Thanks in advance!