Question

Piper owns a vacation cabin in the Tennessee mountains. Without consider-ing the cabin, she has gross income of $65,000. During the year, she rents the cabin for two weeks for $2,500 and uses it herself for four weeks. The total expenses for the year are $10,000 mortgage interest; $1,500 property tax; $2,000 utilities, insurance, and maintenance; and $3,200 depreciation.

a. What effect does the rental of the vacation cabin have on Piper’s AGI?
b. What expenses can Piper deduct, and how are they classified (i.e., for or from AGI)?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

a) rent income from sarah's vacation house will not affect her AGI, because according to rules if vacation house is used fewer than 15 days, in that case it is treated as a personal house and its expenses and income have not effect on the AGI. only the mortgage interest and property yax will be deducted from AGI.

b) only the mortgage interest and property yax will be deducted from AGI. other expenses are non-deductible from AGI because these are treated as personal expenses.