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September 6, 2020
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LACERTE - How do i add to basis the improvements made in year of like kind exchange?

  • September 6, 2020
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My client made about $60,000 improvements/remodel to a rental duplex prior to relinquishing the property in a like kind exchange (LKE.) How do I enter those improvements in a way that they increase the basis of the property? These were made the same year as property exchanged - no entry for depreciation. Had they been entered as improvements Lacerte does not recognize as real property eligible for a 2019 LKE and a critical diagnostic pops up.

Thank you.

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Best answer by George4Tacks

That diagnostic is just a warning and can be ignored. 

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George4Tacks
Level 15
September 6, 2020

That diagnostic is just a warning and can be ignored. 

Answers are easy. Questions are hard!
pat11Author
Level 5
September 8, 2020

OK. Thanks.