How to get around depreciation tax when selling rental property

[Jonathan Fraundor]

Looking into the future here, doing taxes now. Wondering if it’s worth claiming depreciation now

[Anthony Wick]

The IRS assumes you took depreciation (over 27.5 years on a rental property). Therefore, it is REQUIRED for you to recapture said depreciation when you sell, whether or not you actually took the depreciation. In other words, not taking depreciation is a gigantic mistake, and will cost you a lot of money. 

*Note: I am not a CPA, and would highly recommend hiring a CPA. And if this rule has changed, I welcome a CPA to correct me on this.