Where do I put rental expenses for HOA? Under "Cleaning & Maintenance" (Line 7) or "Other" (Line 19)

You can put this Homeowners Association expense under other expenses.

To enter this HOA expense in TurboTax Online or Desktop, please follow these steps:

1. Once you are in your tax return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab ("Business" tab in TurboTax Home & Business)
2. Next click on “Wages & Income” ("Business Income and Expense" in TurboTax Home & Business)
3. Next click on “I’ll choose what I work on” (jump to full list)
4. Scroll down the screen until to come to the section “Rental Properties and Royalties”
5. Choose “Rental Properties and Royalties” and select “start’ (or “update” is you have already worked on this section)

Enter your rental property information through the TurboTax guided questions (or edit your rental property if it is already entered) until you come to a screen that is titled, Your "rental property name" rental summary.

Select to edit your rental expenses>I'll choose what I work on> click through several screen until you get to one titled "any other expenses" - you can put the total cost here with a description of "Homeowners association fees" (see screenshot)

The absolute very last thing in the rental expenses section is for Miscellaneous Expenses. Just put it there labeled as "HOA Fees" and you're fine. Been doing that for over 25 years now.

Also, do not call it "HOA Dues". I did that one year and apparently the IRS computers thought it was dues paid to a professional organization that I was a member of. I was questioned on it because I am not in a profession that has a "professional" organization.