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Splitting the rent based on the size of the rooms: If the rooms are of different sizes, find how to split rent when rooms are not equal. You can use a rent split calculator by square footage.
For example, if the rent is $1,200 per month, and two tenants split the cost evenly, each person would pay $600 per month. Add all your rent costs, then use an Even Split Rent Calculator to divide the rent evenly.
In some rentals, the living space is usually unevenly divided. While some are single rooms, others are ensuite master bedrooms. In these situations, co-tenants need to determine how to split rent based on room size.
This option would involve roommates determining the square footage of all personal spaces and then calculating a percentage of the rent that each person should pay based on the size of the room they will be using.
Splitting rent using a rent split calculator based on income is another good way to split rent. This method allows roommates to contribute rent based on what they can afford without straining one person.
If you want to keep it simple and equal, the best way to split rent with a couple is by dividing it right by the middle, so everyone pays the same amount. For instance, if the total rent is $1,500 and there's one single tenant and a couple, each would pay $500. This standard arrangement is easy and quick and leaves no space for drama.
Alternatively, you can split rent with a couple based on room size. If the couple uses the master ensuite bedroom and the single roommate uses the single room, splitting rent evenly may seem unfair. In this situation, splitting rent based on room size is reasonable.
If the single room is 40% of the apartment, the tenant will pay 40% of the rent, while the couple pays 60%. It'd be then for the couple to decide how to pay their share of the rent. Remember that splitting rent with a couple is a shared responsibility and requires good communication, flexibility, and trust.
Communicate regularly with your roommates to ensure everything is running smoothly and address any issues that may arise. If you're a first-time renter, tell them so they can let you know what to expect when living with roommates.
It's important to remember that flexible rent splits require good communication and trust among the occupants. It's also a good idea to have a written agreement outlining the arrangement's terms and regular check-ins to ensure everything is running smoothly.
Be prepared for changes. Life happens; people change jobs, move out, etc., so be prepared for the possibility that one or more of you may need to move out. Have a plan in place for how to handle changes in the living arrangement.
"You can use any reasonable method to determine the percent of your home being rented. Most commonly, you can base it on the number of rooms rented to total rooms, or based on the square footage of the rental space compared with total square footage. You could also base it on the number of people in the rented portion compared to the non-rented portion."
"It may be reasonable to divide the cost of some items (for example, water) based on the number of people
using them. The two most common methods for dividing an expense are (1) the number of rooms in your home, and (2) the square footage of your home."
However, in various posts experts and champs have said that the only reasonable way is sqft. For example:
I am not sure I understand why though -- my roommate often brings friends, and uses the living room such that I can't use it. For example, we divide weekends for hosting in the living room. Etc. I am maintaining and furnishing all these spaces for his use as well. Trash removal, elevator maintenance, building common spaces maintenance, which are paid through HOA fees would reasonably be %50 for him, since he uses all these services on an equal basis to me. (So I think are similar to the water example given in the IRS publication 527, page 16.)
So I guess my first question is why is it unreasonable to deduct 50% since I we essentially co-live in all the same places, and my room is equal in size to his? Or 33% based on the room method? (which is explicitly mentioned in the IRS publication...)
My second question relates to the depreciation part. This is a condo with no land rights, and the city calculates its land value as 0. So I put in the full cost basis: $780,000. TurboTax calculates this years depreciation at about 15,000 (both rounded for anonymity), or about 1.8% of the cost basis. I think that's the correct depreciation since I only had it for six months.
What I don't understand is this: when I check the actual SCH-E TurboTax prepares it divides my HOA, repairs, etc according to % I entered as being rented out. Except for the depreciation. It includes the full value of the depreciation: -15,000. I therefore show a significant loss that seems excessive, and meaningfully reduces my taxes and even my gross income.
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But TurboTax never asks me "I purchased this asset new" - it asks if I purchased the asset, and the other option is "No, I acquired it in a different way" - which is clearly false, since I certainly purchased it. If I do click "No", it offers a number of other "ways", such as inheritance.
Finally, if anyone knows what are the implications of these depreciation deductions for capital gains taxes and the homeowner capital gains exemption and could provide any clarity, that would be super appreciated. (@Carl would highly appreciate your input!)
That's referred to as a leaseback since it was part of the sales contract. Generally, you just have to reduce your cost basis by the amount paid to you during the leaseback period. Nothing concerning this gets reported on SCH E or any other part of the tax return really.
The IRS has many views on this and it seems that it's dependent on the specifics of a given situation. To see what I mean, see and read "all" of it. That is, if you can before your head starts swimming in a sea of confusion.
About the room rental... I don't understand it The IRS publication clearly offers multiple ways - for example the publication 527 (page 16) explicitly list water expenses that should be split equally, and not by sqft:
Surely then at least water can be "reasonably" split according to how many people use it. Why not trash removal? Why would the IRS doc explicitly mention splitting by rooms if sqft is the only way? It seems like a particularly rigid interpretation of what is otherwise pretty flexible language... Is there some court cases that established that?
Ah, I see what you're referring to now. When it comes to the percentage of space being rented, that's fairly fixed. It's the "other stuff" where you have choices. Lets use utility expenses for example.
If you have a 3 bedroom house and there's just you and your spouse living there with no kids, that's fair to say you have 2 "vacant" bedrooms. So you rent out one of the bedrooms to a married couple. At this point you have 4 people living in the house. You have two ways to claim the rental portion of your utility expenses.
1) With four people living in the house you can split them "per-person". With 2 of the four occupants being renters, you can allocate 50% of your utility expenses (water, gas, electric, cable) to the rental.
2) With only one bedroom being rented, lets say that's 10% of your total floorspace allocated as the rental portion. You can claim choose to allocate your utility expenses the same way and claim 10% of your total utility expenses to the SCH E for the rental portion.
Let's say you have 2 full baths in the house, and one of those baths can only be access from the bedroom being rented. That makes the floorspace for the bath "exclusive to the renter" also. Therefore it can be included in the percentage of floor space being rented.
Let's say you only have one wired land line telephone in your house. This is weird, but the IRS says you can't allocate that. Not even if there's a phone drop in the room being rented out. You'd have to have a 2nd phone line.
If you have cable or satellite TV, then you have to have a drop for that in the room being rented. Then you can claim a portion for the rental weather the renter uses it or not. Typically you'd need a separate cable/satellite box at the drop for that room. So the cost you pay for that box would be a SCH E deduction with no problem, weather it's a one time fee or a monthly fee you pay for that extra box.
Most folks around my area that rent rooms have a completely separate satellite TV setup with it's own separate dish antenna, and they just cancel the subscription when the renter vacates. Sometimes the renter will choose to activate it in their name and their own account, which is fine too. Then it's no concern of the landlord. Just make sure they don't take it with them when they vacate.
Did you discover how to correctly depreciate your bedroom rental with TurboTax. I am in the same boat renting two rooms and have the same issue with depreciation wiping out the rental income. I am using TurboTax premier. There is a page for depreciation I specific the business use start date and business use percentage in 2021. I specified 100% for the business use thinking possibly related to my issue. If you fixed your issue and can provide some insight that would be great.
There is one issue I'm aware of if you are renting out "a part of" your residence. This issue will cause the amount of depreciation taken in that first year to be flat out wrong. Again, this is only an issue if you are renting out "A part of" your residence.
As you are working through your property in the Assets/Depreciation section you will come to the below screen. What you see pictured below is from the CD/Desktop version of TurboTax. It may look different in the online version. (I do not use the online version.)
Take note of what's circled in red above. The question is asking you for percentage of time. When you are renting out "a part of" your residence, that question should be asking you for percentage of floor space. If you enter percentage of floor space, then the depreciation figured by the program will be correct. Otherwise, it will be wrong.
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