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Don’t Get Caught in the Self-Rental Trap

March 20, 2022

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Let’s say you own a building.

Next, let’s say that you rent your building to your business.

This arrangement, not unreasonably, is called a “self-rental.”

But be aware…

If you haven’t done any tax planning, your self-rental may actually turn into a self-rental trap!

What exactly is the self-rental trap?

Here’s the answer in a nutshell.

If you handle things the wrong way, the trap…

  • Makes rental income from your building nonpassive. This means income can’t offset any passive losses. Ouch!
  • Makes rental losses from your building passive losses. This means that you likely can’t deduct the losses this year. Double Ouch!

If you want to avoid the passive loss problem…

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“Don’t Get Caught
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Filed Under: Choice of entity, Filing tips, Investments, Passive income and losses, Rental Properties, Tax Planning

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