Run rent property through personal or as a business?
Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at
10:02 pm
Does anyone have advice on the best way to treat income and expenses on a rental property. Wondering if it’s best to collect rent and pay expenses through an LLC or just personally. What are the tax consequences of being taxed like a corporation (1120-A) versus just putting everything on my personal (1040 Schedule E)
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An LLC is a pass-through entity so you don’t pay double taxes, but if your LLC is sued, they can’t get at your personal assets… most likely.
Meer dan waarschijnlijke collectieve belasting hoger dan persoonlijke inkomstenbelasting zal zijn. Plus met bedrijf, inkomen/uitgave & de winst/het verlies blijft met het bedrijf. Met Programma E, it' s het deel van uw 1040 keert terug, zodat krijgt u het voordeel bij uw persoonlijke terugkeer, als er een verlies is, hoewel er verliesgrenzen zijn die in spel komen. Tenzij u heel wat aansprakelijkheid hebt, is een corp fundamenteel een afval van tijd, en geld. Sommige staten hebben vormen u elk jaar moet indienen als u een corp en een minimumbelastingsvereiste bent u moet betalen zelfs als corp break-even of een verlies in werking stelt.
It’s a good question. I would suggest consulting an attorney who is also knowledgeable in real estate. You may not need to do anything right away if you only have one rental property. You would simply file taxes in the normal way and submit a schedule E which allows you to claim all expenses related to the rental property. You will also claim depreciation and disclose all rental income.
Make sure that your insurance is up-to-date. The insurance company needs to know that the property is occupied by a tenant. Your agent will advise you on the kind of protection you need.
I would run LLC since you personally protected against law suits. Most probably LLC will be single member, therefore, willl be taxed at federal level as self-employed people(schedule C). If your profit is more than $400, you’ll pay self-employed taxes 15.3% after subtracting 7.5% from your net income. Half of self-employed tax is a deduction from your gross income. If not LLC then it will be 1040 sch E. Many landlords usually have a loss from rental, though they have a positive cash flow. Anyway, I would have LLC if it was more than one apartment or house