I have clients who sold their Vacation/Short-Term Rental after 20 years of ownership. This is their first year with me. So I am using numbers from a Form 4562 Depreciation and Amortization Report and a Carryforward to 2021 Smart Worksheet for Schedule E from previous tax preparer. On this Carryforward to 2021 Smart Worksheet there are numbers for Regular Tax & AMT for L Vacation home operating expenses as well as for M Vacation home depreciation. In PTO you enter them on (I believe) the Schedule E tab for Personal Use of Property under Carryover. The rental property had a loss for 2021 for the time that it was rented before being sold. And there is a profit for the sale of the rental property.

When I review the tax return, the Vacation home operating expenses C/O is showing on a PTO prepared Statements as a positive number and then as a negative number for Disallowed Vac. Home Exp. All for Schedule E Line 19 Other Expenses. So it is zeroed out. Correct? Or is there another entry I need to make?

The Vacation home depreciation carryforward is nowhere. PTO is correctly handling all depreciation issues for Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain and Section 1245 depreciation recapture for assets shown on the Form 4562 Depreciation and Amortization Report. Should the Vacation home depreciation carryforward be somewhere? Or is it a duplicate of other?

First time to have these carryforward numbers as shown on the Smart Worksheet for Schedule E. Appreciate any help. Thank you!