- 12 - Shaw’s Gulf deducted the rental expense and all the repairs and maintenance expense relating to the airplane. Petitioner included the rental income and deducted the mortgage interest and depreciation expense related to the airplane. Tax Reporting Petitioner’s individual tax return and the tax returns of petitioner’s business entities were prepared by petitioner’s accountant, who was a certified public accountant, tax practitioner, and had a real estate background. Petitioner met with his accountant regularly and discussed his business activities. On petitioner’s Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss, he reported income and losses from his ownership interests as nonpassive: Entity 1995 1996 RS&M $29,814 $29,814 R&S 27,869 25,236 SDQ LLC 21,981 19,247 Shaw, Ltd. (139,623) (108,691) Net nonpassive income/(loss) $(59,959) $(34,394) Based on petitioner’s assumption that he qualified as a real estate professional under section 469(c)(7), petitioner reported his net income and loss from his rental property on Schedule E as nonpassive:Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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