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April 6, 2023
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Long term Capital Gains on a land property, can I add HOA fees & Property tax from all the years I owned the land added to base cost of the land ?

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Sold a piece of land (no structure)last year, can I add HOA fees & Property tax from all the years I owned the land added to base cost of the land ?

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    @TEDSTER wrote:

    ....can I add HOA fees & Property tax from all the years I owned the land added to base cost of the land ?


    No. You have to make the election to capitalize carrying costs in the tax year in which they are incurred.

     

    See https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.266-1

     

    Only those expenses which would otherwise be immediately deductible can be capitalized.

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    April 6, 2023

    @TEDSTER wrote:

    ....can I add HOA fees & Property tax from all the years I owned the land added to base cost of the land ?


    No. You have to make the election to capitalize carrying costs in the tax year in which they are incurred.

     

    See https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.266-1

     

    Only those expenses which would otherwise be immediately deductible can be capitalized.