Rental expenses span tax year
Discussion
You have two options
a) Prepare the rental income and expenditure details for 2008/009 which will show a losss for 2008/09. Cary this loss forward to 2009/10 so that it can be deducted from the rental profit that will be generated in 2009/10.
b) Don't bother making a rental return for 2008/09 and just add the expenses that were incurred in 2008/09 onto the 2009/10 expenses, thereby showing a smaller loss for 2009/10.
Technically, option a) is the correct way to do it.
a) Prepare the rental income and expenditure details for 2008/009 which will show a losss for 2008/09. Cary this loss forward to 2009/10 so that it can be deducted from the rental profit that will be generated in 2009/10.
b) Don't bother making a rental return for 2008/09 and just add the expenses that were incurred in 2008/09 onto the 2009/10 expenses, thereby showing a smaller loss for 2009/10.
Technically, option a) is the correct way to do it.
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