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 Re: Flipping houses for profit. How to categorize expenses? In article <b2fa06d7-fdf0-491a-9697-e820d6c3419f[at]o77g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> , <bkadams01[at]yahoo.com> wrote: - quote - > I began a business of buying and selling houses for profit or use in > rental income. I only have purchased one so far and need to know how > to classify my expenses. For example the costs of appliances, > fixtures, tile, paint, trim, plumbing all work that I did myself to > install, are these able to be deducted as supplies or added to the > cost basis? It would seem like some expenses must be supplies but > where to draw the line? I haven't sold the house yet so I have no > income to claim. The only expense I paid a subcontractor for is > siding and window installation. I assume that would be added to the > cost basis. If this is to be your business, buying houses, fixing them up, then selling them, your house and appliances and paint, etc, are all part of your inventory. Inventory is not depreciable. All those inventory items are part of Cost of Goods Sold. There's even a handy dandy line on the Schedule C for that. -- ArtKamlet at a o l dot c o m Columbus OH K2PZH -- << ------------------------------------------------------- > << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, > << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties > << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts > << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy > << are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. > << ------------------------------------------------------- > |
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| Flipping houses for profit. How to categorize expenses? I began a business of buying and selling houses for profit or use in rental income. I only have purchased one so far and need to know how to classify my expenses. For example the costs of appliances, fixtures, tile, paint, trim, plumbing all work that I did myself to install, are these able to be deducted as supplies or added to the cost basis? It would seem like some expenses must be supplies but where to draw the line? I haven't sold the house yet so I have no income to claim. The only expense I paid a subcontractor for is siding and window installation. I assume that would be added to the cost basis. -- << ------------------------------------------------------- > << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, > << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties > << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. > << > << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts > << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy > << are at www.asktax.org. > << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. > << ------------------------------------------------------- > |
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