Do Taxes on Investment Real Estate Escape the $10,000 Cap? It Seems Likely.
There’s an interesting problem with the limitation on the deduction for taxes on Schedule A that led to a recent discussion on Twitter among tax professionals.[1]
We’ve likely all heard the comment that a deduction for state and local taxes is limited on Schedule A to no more than $10,000 ($5,000 for a married individual filing a separate return), so that real estate taxes imposed on raw land a taxpayer was holding for appreciation would be trapped by the $10,000 cap along with their other state and local taxes.
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