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Selling a 3-year old rental property dr_phill123 05-11-2007
Posted by dr_phill123 on May 11, 2007, 6:08 pm
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 Let me know if my calculations below are correct:

I bought a property for 130k three years ago and plan to
sell it in the next few months for 150k. So essentially I
owe uncle Sam:

15% * ( difference in selling price )
plus 25% * ( depreciation claimed over the three years )

Is it recommended to higher a CPA for this? Or can I use the
attorney who will do the closing ? I plan to do this several
times in the near future, so would prefer to learn the
correct way to do it myself.

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Posted by @ on May 23, 2007, 4:43 pm
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> Let me know if my calculations below are correct:
>
> I bought a property for 130k three years ago and plan to
> sell it in the next few months for 150k. So essentially I
> owe uncle Sam:
>
> 15% * ( difference in selling price )
> plus 25% * ( depreciation claimed over the three years )
>
> Is it recommended to higher a CPA for this? Or can I use the
> attorney who will do the closing ? I plan to do this several
> times in the near future, so would prefer to learn the
> correct way to do it myself.

Depreciation recapture is the difference between the actual
amount of depreciation you claimed on your tax return and
the amount you would have claimed if you had used straight
line depreciation.

Relying on a real estate attorney for tax advice makes
slightly more sense as relying on a bartender for tax advice.

Find a local tax pro, be it a CPA, an Enrolled Agent, or a
Tax Attorney. You are running a business and a lot of money
is involved. You do not need to have errors on your tax
return

Dick

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Posted by James Lewis on May 29, 2007, 10:45 pm
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Posted by Benjamin Yazersky CPA on May 23, 2007, 4:43 pm
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> Let me know if my calculations below are correct:
>
> I bought a property for 130k three years ago and plan to
> sell it in the next few months for 150k. So essentially I
> owe uncle Sam:
>
> 15% * ( difference in selling price )
> plus 25% * ( depreciation claimed over the three years )
>
> Is it recommended to higher a CPA for this? Or can I use the
> attorney who will do the closing ? I plan to do this several
> times in the near future, so would prefer to learn the
> correct way to do it myself.


I'm a CPA - I don't do real estate closings - I do tax
planning & tax return preparation & attorneys who do real
estate closing don't do tax planning or tax return
preparation However, I do work along with attorneys on
various matters - usually tax related

So, you should engage your own CPA

___________________________________
<<< Benjamin Yazersky, CPA [NJ & NY] >>>
-----> real address on hobokeni or hobokenx <-----

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Posted by Harlan Lunsford on June 3, 2007, 10:29 pm
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Benjamin Yazersky CPA wrote:

>> Let me know if my calculations below are correct:
>>
>> I bought a property for 130k three years ago and plan to
>> sell it in the next few months for 150k. So essentially I
>> owe uncle Sam:
>>
>> 15% * ( difference in selling price )
>> plus 25% * ( depreciation claimed over the three years )
>>
>> Is it recommended to higher a CPA for this? Or can I use the
>> attorney who will do the closing ? I plan to do this several
>> times in the near future, so would prefer to learn the
>> correct way to do it myself.

> I'm a CPA - I don't do real estate closings - I do tax
> planning & tax return preparation & attorneys who do real
> estate closing don't do tax planning or tax return
> preparation However, I do work along with attorneys on
> various matters - usually tax related
>
> So, you should engage your own CPA

Or Enrolled Agent (EA)!

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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