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Explanatory notes to help you complete Worksheet A
When you should use Worksheet A
Use this worksheet this year if:
- you have not sold any residential rental property that the residential property deduction rules apply to this year; and
- you did not earn net income this year from a residential property that is outside the residential property deduction rules because it is held on
revenue account.
Before you start, identify which properties you have in a portfolio and which properties are individual properties. You will also need information about
rent received, expenses and any excess deductions left over from property sold in a previous income year.
Note - Property references
A property reference could be a street address, certicate of title, Lot and DP number.
Only complete the number of columns required for your situation.
Residential portfolio and individual properties
If you have more than 1 residential property and you are applying the rules to all your properties on a portfolio basis, do not ll out any individual property
columns. You will need to combine the income and expenses of all of the properties in the portfolio in 1 column.
For more information about residential portfolios and individual properties, see our guide, Rental income - IR264.
Sale of a residential rental property
If you have sold an individual property or the last property in a residential portfolio this year, you should use Worksheet B or Worksheet C. Use the decision
tree on page 1 to work out which worksheet you should use. Where the term "sale" is used in this worksheet, it is intended to cover all types of disposals.
Step 1 Rental income
Enter the total gross rental income you have earned in this income year for your residential portfolio and individual properties that are subject to the
residential property deduction rules. Include all of the following in this amount:
- total rents
- other income (such as insurance receipts or rates refunds)
- depreciation recovery income.
For more information about rental income, see our guide Rental income - IR264.
Step 3 Rental expenses
Enter the total amount of deductible expenses you have incurred in this income year for your residential portfolio and individual properties that are
subject to the residential property deduction rules. Enter the expenses as a positive amount.
If you have a residential portfolio you will need to combine the total expenses amounts for all properties in the portfolio.
Do not include excess deductions carried forward from a previous year in this step.
For close companies making adjustments for loss of continuity or transfers of excess deductions you need to adjust this gure by the appropriate amount.
For more information about which expenses are deductible, see our guide Rental income - IR264.
Step 5 Excess residential rental deductions brought forward for a residential portfolio and individual properties
Do not complete this step for the 2019-20 income year.
You will have calculated this amount in the previous year as an amount to carry forward for your residential portfolio or individual properties. This amount
will include any excess deductions transferred to the residential portfolio or individual property in a previous year. This amount will also include any
unused excess deductions remaining after the non-taxable sale of residential property that arose in a previous income year and which were not allocated
to another property in the year of the sale. For more information about transfers of excess deductions see our guide Rental income - IR264.
You can use this step to transfer any unused excess deductions brought forward from a previous income year that have not yet been transferred
(because you did not have a property to transfer them to). Include the unused excess deductions to be transferred in the column of the residential
portfolio or individual property that you want to transfer them to.
You must transfer unused excess deductions from a non-taxable sale of residential property across one or more properties, until all the excess
deductions are used up.
Step 7 Total residential rental deductions
Adding Step 3 and Step 5 together calculates the total amount of deductions for your residential portfolio and individual properties.
Step 8 Net residential income or loss for a residential portfolio and individual properties
Calculate the net income or net loss for your residential portfolio and individual properties by subtracting the total residential rental deductions at Step7
from rental income at Step 1.
If the deductions for your residential portfolio or individual property are more than the income you earned from the residential portfolio or individual
property, the result at Step 8 is a net loss. Record a net loss as a negative amount.
Step 9 Net residential income
Add together only the net income from your residential portfolio and any individual properties at Step 8. Do not include any net losses from Step 8 in this
calculation.
This amount on this worksheet cannot be a negative amount (a loss) because there have been no taxable sales to release excess deductions.
If you have no net income across your residential portfolio and any individual properties then enter 0 on your return.
Step 10 Excess residential deductions carried forward for each portfolio and property
When your deductions exceed residential income for a residential portfolio or individual property in an income year, the excess deductions must be
carried forward to the next income year in which you earn residential income. Excess deductions from a residential portfolio or individual property can
only be used against the residential income from that portfolio or property unless it is sold. For more information see our guide Rental income - IR264.
If a residential portfolio or individual property has a net loss at Step 8, enter that amount here. This amount must be carried forward as excess deductions.
If a residential portfolio or individual property has net income at Step 8, enter 0 here.
Step 11 Total excess residential rental deductions carried forward
If you have no excess deductions to carry forward, enter 0 on your return.
Step 12 Residential rental deductions claimed this year for portfolio and individual properties
If a residential portfolio or individual property has a net loss then the amount of deductions that may be claimed this year is limited to the amount of
income earned from the residential portfolio or individual property. If a residential portfolio or individual property has net income then all deductible
expenses relating to that residential portfolio or individual property may be claimed this year.
Only complete the relevant columns in Steps 12a and 12b. For each portfolio and individual property, EITHER 12a or 12b can be calculated, but not both.
If the property has a nil/"0" result at step 8, then leave both 12a and 12b blank.
Step 13 Residential rental deductions claimed this year
Add together the residential rental deductions claimed this year calculated at Step 12 for your residential portfolio and individual properties.