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Help me understand depreciation recapture!
Hi BP,
I wanted to post to make sure I'm understanding the depreciation recapture process using an overly simplified example. I'm leaving out deductions for closing costs, maintenance, repairs etc.
Say I buy a house for $300k, land value is $100k. I know you deduct the standard 1/27.5th of the improvement value, $200k. After 5 years I sell the house for $400k.
So $200k x 3.636% x 5 years = $36,360 deducted. So when I sell the profit is actually $100k plus $36,360, correct?
Also, does it really matter if I am "adding to the profit" side of the equation or "deducting from the basis" side? Seems like it's just 6 of one, half dozen of the other.
Thanks.