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Grouping election
I have a few real estate syndication investments as a limited partner, and my spouse is a full-time real estate professional (residential rental). I recently heard that we might be able to make a grouping election to combine all our syndication activities so we can take advantage of bonus depreciation and passive loss deductions. From what I understand, the main concern is that since we’re LPs, grouping could potentially expose us to being treated more like general partners — which we’re okay with. My spouse could also document the time she spends advising or helping with some of these properties. Has anyone here gone through this grouping election process before? 1. How to properly make the election for the 2025 tax year? 2. What kind of documentation is needed in case of an IRS audit (logs, agreements, proof of material participation, etc.) Thank you!
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@Michael Bettan yes. But in order to make the -9 election you have to materially participate in the rentals that you own.
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@Damian Dobric No, it is one time and binding for future years with those same properties. If a property gets added/sold, it gets added to the grouping election.
Car for my LLC
Hello! Looking to buy an F150 via our LLC and use as tax writeoff for our short term rental here in CO. What do we need to be aware of if we buy all cash or finance? Does it need to be done in the calendar year we launched the property? Can it be in our personal names or does it have to be in the LLC? Thank you!
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The tax benefit is the same whether you buy it all cash or finance it. Just keep in mind if you finance it you will have interest payments to make (which interest is tax deductible) It doesn't need to be done in the same calendar year that you launch a property, but generally that is the best time to take it because you will have enough material participation hours to take the loss against your active income. Just remember to keep business use above 50%, we recommend using MileIQ to track your miles. It can be in your personal name, insurance is probably a lot cheaper that way!
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@McCall Carlson in order to deduct the loss from the vehicle against your active income you need to materially participate in the property. Which means you spend at least 100 hours and more than any other person in a calendar year. If 2026/2027 you will hit your 100 hours, it doesn’t matter which year you buy the vehicle. 🚗
SELF EMPLOYMENT TAX
I would love clarification on this. For years my rental income in a pass through partnership has been taxed as ordinary income and subject to 15.5% Self employment tax. I learned here that it should have been reported as rental income. I have researched and since it is just short term rental income no other services rendered what is the proper way to report it?
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STRs without substantial services (cleaning, cooking, taking out trash while guest is there) are classified as rental income not ordinary business income, and are not subject to self employment taxes. If you paid a good amount of social security/medicare tax (15.3%) I would recommend amending your partnership and personal tax returns to claim refunds. You have 3 years from the day you filed your partnership and personal returns to amend, so you might be able to amend 2022-2024 if you act quickly.
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@LuAnn Morrow you shouldn’t be an S Corp if it’s rental real estate. We only use S Corps for active businesses, all you need to do is amend the returns to move income from box 1 to box 2, and make sure to do it right moving forward
Timing of STR purchase in late 2026
Hi all, my husband and I closed on a cabin in the Smoky Mountains in September, are well on our way to exceeding the MP rule, and have done the cost seg. We were wondering— is it too late for 2026 to find another property to offset W2? We could close, do a cost seg, and put it up for service before year end, but we may not get to the 100+ hours. Do the hours have to be before year end, or before April 15th? Thank you!
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The hours do have to be before 12/31. Remember you also can do 500 hours between both properties and qualify, or 100 hours each and more than anyone else. One thing to consider is your tax bracket. If the first property takes you from a 32/35% bracket down to 22-24%, you may want to consider only doing the cost seg on 1 property in 2026 and save the other for 2027 when you’re back in a higher tax bracket.
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