Wondering how this affects nonprofits that provide housing as there is no tax payment requirement for adverse possession.https://bayarearealestatelawyers.com/real-estate-law/adverse...

I finally just called them up and asked what their criteria/process was to cancel the escrow account and let me make my own insurance/property tax payments.

Examples of such nondeductible fees are credit report fees, loan origination fees, and appraisal fees.A taxpayer can deduct points paid to acquire a mortgage on a property that the taxpayer used both as his principal residence and as a rental property (he rented out a portion of the property to tenants).

One example:  Taxpayer tried to use the hours from a STR as REP hours. 

Under IRC Sec 61, Congress intends to tax all gains or undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, over which taxpayers have complete dominion.Treas Reg Sec 1.61-1(a) provides that gross income includes income realized in any form, whether in money, property, or services.

There was a recent court case where a taxpayer lost deductions because they couldn't prove they paid them.  

An identification number for a U.S. person is a taxpayer identification number (TIN) (or evidence of an application for one), and an identification number for a non-U.S. person is one or more of the following: a TIN; a passport number and country of issuance; an alien identification card number; or a number and country of issuance of any other unexpired government-issued document evidencing nationality or residence and bearing a photograph or similar safeguard.

(This can be met with as little as 100 hours of material participation throughout the year and more than anyone else)Of course, make sure you speak with your taxpayer regarding your specific situation!  

Some people think that people in jail have too good of life because they sit around all day, get free housing, and free food, paid for by the taxpayers. 

I heard that as a Canadian tax payer I am best off with a combination of a Canadian and US entity, does anyone have any advice on what structure to use?