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October 9, 2020
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The affect of unemployment affecting rental losses

  • October 9, 2020
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I have a client who has some current rental losses. He also received some unemployment benefit.

The  rental losses are being reduced by the unemployment benefit from each rental property and as to the total loss. So, it looks like the unemployment has a double affect on the rental losses.

 

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Intuit Community Champion
October 9, 2020

What is your clients AGI

abctax55
Level 15
October 9, 2020

And... what's the filing status?

Plus, have you looked at F 8582 to follow the numbers?

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abctax55
Level 15
October 10, 2020

And, I miss our Grammar policeman... 

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Accountant-Man
Level 13
October 10, 2020

Unemployment raises AGI, and so does wages, interest, dividends, capital gains, alimony received, taxable SSI, business income. Which then could limit allowable rental losses.

It's not just unemployment.

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itonewbie
Level 15
October 10, 2020

@sengchang wrote:

The  rental losses are being reduced by the unemployment benefit from each rental property and as to the total loss. So, it looks like the unemployment has a double affect on the rental losses.


What is the double effect you are referring to?  There is none.  When PAL is limited and there are multiple properties, that limitation will be allocated among those properties.  That's one and the same.

Also, unemployment compensation is taxable for federal tax purposes.  Since it's not among the type of income that is to be disregarded for purposes of §469(i) as defined under subparagraph (3)(E), the unemployment compensation will be part of the MAGI that could limit your client's PAL.

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