Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Bridgewater State University and helps develop content strategies. Passive activity is ...

Find out how you'll pay tax on what you earn from a passive interest in a business. Passive income broadly refers to money you don't earn from actively engaging in a trade or business. By its broadest ...

As the popularity of short-term rentals through services such as Airbnb and Vrbo continues, CPAs more often face questions from their tax clients of how rental income and expenses are treated for tax ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

The principles behind the passive-activity loss limitations rules under Code Sec. 469 and the net investment income Medicare tax under Code Sec. 1411 are similar -- limit business losses from passive ...

Back in the 1980s, taxpayers with a high tax rate would invest into real estate and other similar investment vehicles and end up with large upfront losses, such as depreciation, that offset their ...

Dear Tax Talk,I have a rental property. I have done all the research and am now filling out Schedule E. Here are my questions. 1. What do the passive activity loss rules mean in plain English? Is it ...

Real estate professional status can provide relief from the Passive Activity Loss Limitation rules and the 3.8% Net Income Investment Tax (“NIIT”), resulting in significant tax savings. Rental ...

Passive income broadly refers to money you don't earn from actively engaging in a trade or business. By its broadest definition, passive income would include nearly all investment income, including ...

Passive income broadly refers to money you don't earn from actively engaging in a trade or business. By its broadest definition, passive income would include nearly all investment income, including ...