Tax Deduction-Disqualification
The Tax Court has concluded that a taxpayer who owned and managed a number of rental properties, had to meet the material participation requirements under the passive activity loss (PAL) rules for each rental property because he failed to file an election to treat his rental properties as single activity. As a result, his deductions for certain losses were disallowed as passive losses. Background. Under Code Sec. 469(c)(1), the passive activity loss disallowance rules apply to any trade or business in which the taxpayer does not materially participate. A taxpayer is treated as materially participating in an activity if he meets at least one of the seven tests. In general, any rental activity is per se a passive activity regardless of the taxpayer’s participation in the activity. However, there are exceptions to real estate professionals but they have to follow the guidelines.
Here is the full report by the tax court which explains the real estate professional’s disqualification of tax deduction.
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