Client moved out of home 01/01/12. They are doing renovation work on the house with the intent of renting it. It was not available to rent by year end.
Can the client capitalize interest, property taxes, insurance and utilities while renovating the house? And just to complicate things the interest is on a home equity line of credit secured by the property but the proceeds were not used for this property, which I believe will render the interest non-deductible so the interest is probably a mute point.
Since we're dealing with 2012 it's too late to file a timely 263(a) election, but I'm wondering if this would even be necessary -as shouldn't all costs be capitalized prior to being placed in use?
Can the client capitalize interest, property taxes, insurance and utilities while renovating the house? And just to complicate things the interest is on a home equity line of credit secured by the property but the proceeds were not used for this property, which I believe will render the interest non-deductible so the interest is probably a mute point.
Since we're dealing with 2012 it's too late to file a timely 263(a) election, but I'm wondering if this would even be necessary -as shouldn't all costs be capitalized prior to being placed in use?
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