Prior Year depreciation....but never reported any.

Apr 18, 2016 1 Replies

So, I decided to start a new thread. I posted this in my depreciation thread, but it may have gotten lost in the string.



Thanks again to all for helping me in my rental condo depreciation.



Now that I can depreciate, the software is asking me to enter "Prior Year Depreciation" and "Prior Year AMT Depreciation." It calculates the value to be $23,620.



However, because of my lack of knowledge and mistake, I actually depreciated $0 in my prior year taxes. If I enter "0" in the "Prior year" boxes, my depreciation is $5811. If I enter the software's recommendation of $23,620, then my depreciation is $4764.



I have every intention of amending the last 3-years of tax returns to "fix" the depreciation. I know that I will miss out on 2010-2011. But, should I just enter the software's recommendation of $23,620, $0 because I never depreciated, or the calculated amount from the last 3 years of depreciation because I plan on amending those returns?



Thanks again!


"I know that I will miss out on [depreciation for] 2010-2011."

jackat, please see the comment I put in your other thread,

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