Susan is the owner of a 35-unit apartment complex. She spends 950 hours a year managing the property. In addition, she works part-time for a mortgage company. She spends 1,150 hours a year as a bookkeeper at the mortgage company. Susan qualifies as an active participant in the apartment complex. The apartment complex generated a loss of $32,000, and Susan's adjusted gross income for the current year, before considering the apartment complex, is $48,000. How much of the loss can Susan deduct?

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Lilliana Hopkins

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27 September, 15:51

Susan is the owner of a 35-unit apartment complex. She spends 950 hours a year managing the property. In addition, she works part-time for a mortgage company. She spends 1,150 hours a year as a bookkeeper at the mortgage company. Susan qualifies as an active participant in the apartment complex. The apartment complex generated a loss of $32,000, and Susan's adjusted gross income for the current year, before considering the apartment complex, is $48,000. How much of the loss can Susan deduct?

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Sierra Waters · Answer 1

Since Susan has devoted more than 750 hours during the tax year in real estate the loss generated from apartment complex can be off set with adjusted gross income of the year. Hence Susan is eligible to claim full $ 32,000 loss from her income of $ 48,000.