Rye Real Estate

I just bought a house in August. And was filing my 2009 taxes and was wondering if I was able to claim my real estate taxes (property taxes, winter and summer) that were paid by me from the closing costs.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p530.pdf

According to this I can, but this is for 2008 returns.

Brigantine Nj Homes

I heard it would be more beneficial to sell real estate before I retire as opposed to after. What do I stand to gain, or what do I stand to lose if I keep the property and sell it after I retire?

Maryland Real Estate

It will be my first time claiming my home as rental real estate when I do my 2009 taxes. I will be using Schedule E. I know I need to bring records of expenses and also what I’ve profited from rent, but what other documents do I need to have ready for the accountant?

Orlando Real Estate agent

In accordance with the usual IRS travel/meals/ent rules, of course. Are these deductible this year even if I buy next year? What if circumstances change and I don’t buy at all? I’ve heard that if I don’t buy, not deductible; if I do, must be added to basis, not deducted. On the other hand, another person doing the same thing was told by his accountant to form an ‘investment’ corp. and write off all his real estate searching travel within that corp. (hopefully, he is not planning to tell this guy to buy the real estate in the corp, but if he isn’t then the tax write offs for the corp don’t seem that legit.). Thoughts? Thanks.
Sorry, this is for investment purposes, not for a personal residence.
Not pers residence, not vacation home. Rental property.
Yes, I already have one investment property, and the reason for buying elsewhere is because I believe, and research seems to back me up, that better value and better price appreciation can be had there vs here (think an expensive bubble area where rent positive rentals are hard to achieve, vs a midwestern locale where stuff is cheap and rent positive is the norm).

Natural Whole Food Diets

My goal is to find the impact of my real estate interest deduction against my federal income tax return in real dollars?

San Francisco Invisalign

I don’t want to get audited by the IRS but I hear that Real Estate Professional – non passive activity is a big issue – can you tell me what the IRS will question and look for if I claim Real Estate Professional, do they require anything when you are audited? Please advise. Any help will be great!

Pacific Beach Real Estate Listings

I’ve made less this year than last in my real estate business because the market is really bad right now. I have much more in business expenses though. I don’t want to be audited, just wondering if anyone out there with experience knows what a reasonable amount in expenses for just having one sell.

Marathon FL Keys rentals

I purchased a home in October, 2007. My monthly mortgage payment includes my county, state, and school taxes (they are placed in Escrow).

Apparently my tax payments will be paid out of escrow in April, May and August of 2008.

Does that mean that I can not claim real estate for my 2007 return?

(At closing, I did have to reimburse the seller for real estate taxes he had already paid up to Dec. 31.)

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I bought a new house and havent sold the first one yet? Can i deduct mortgage interest from both? What about real estate taxes? Both houses are in NY city.

Rio Linda home and condos

A lien was recently [July, 2007] placed by the IRS against a piece of Real Estate in New York that is owned by an Estate that I am the Executor of.

How long do I have from the time the lien was placed by the IRS to the time that the IRS forces the property for sale or auction? If the property is forced for sale or auction by the IRS is there some type of redemption period that I have?

The Estate does not want me to sell the Real Estate.
The estate will be able to pay the IRS what it owes within three months. Do I have that much time before the property is placed to auction or sale?

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