Does It Work?
I am an enrolled agent and a subscriber to your publication, along with several of my clients.
I question your article Tax-Free Income from Rental of Home to C or S Corporation that appeared in last month’s issue. I don’t think renting the home to the S corporation for 14 days or less is a viable tax-deduction strategy for the following reasons:
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IRS Technical Assistance Memorandum 200121070 grants no rent deductions to the employee who rents to his or her employer. This negates your strategy.
2.
This is a related-party transaction and therefore disallowed.
3.
This cannot be used with a vacation home.
4.
This is super aggressive and cannot be put on a tax return.
5.
The $1,500 rent for a day cannot represent fair-market-value rent.
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The rules of attribution will negate this transaction. ... Log in to view full article.