the cost for rental home depreciation
How to compute the the cost for rental home depreciation? Should I use the amount you paid for it, or the fair market value at the time I started using it for business? I purchased the house on 2017 for X dollar, and use it as personal use. I start rent it out on 2023, and the market price now is a lot more than X dollar (about X+$10,000). should i put X, or X+$10,000 as the cost? thanks
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It says in the help section:
What determines cost?
The cost (basis) of an asset is the amount you paid for it, plus what you spent to acquire it, such as freight, installation, sales tax, and legal fees.
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The cost is the lesser of the item's fair market value or your basis for this property (how much you've paid for it, including whatever you spent to acquire it) at the time you started using it for business.