{"id":13471,"date":"2026-03-21T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:52:44","slug":"automobile-deductions-with-rentals","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_3","link":"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Automobile Deductions with Rentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table Of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#You_Own_the_Automobile_Take_Standard_Mileage_Deduction\" >You Own the Automobile, Take Standard Mileage Deduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#You_Own_the_Automobile_Take_Actual_Expenses_Deduction\" >You Own the Automobile, Take Actual Expenses Deduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Rental_Property_Activity_Owns_the_Automobile\" >Rental Property Activity Owns the Automobile<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#You_Own_the_Automobile_Lease_It_Back_to_Your_Rental\" >You Own the Automobile, Lease It Back to Your Rental<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Pile_On_Those_Automobile_Expenses\" >Pile On Those Automobile Expenses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Who_Pays_for_Gas\" >Who Pays for Gas?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Mileage_Log\" >Mileage Log<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#I_Just_Got_A_Rental_What_Do_I_Do_2026_Edition\" >I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2026 Edition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Rental_Expert_Pod_the_REP\" >Rental Expert Pod (the REP)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Talk_to_a_Real_Estate_CPA_About_Your_Rental_Property\" >Talk to a Real Estate CPA About Your Rental Property<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/automobile-deductions-with-rentals\/#Schedule_Discovery_Meeting_Now\" >Schedule Discovery Meeting Now<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31806 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/296020_1943565295_rental_property_automobile_deduction_300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>By <strong>Jason Watson, CPA<\/strong><br \/>\nPosted Sunday, March 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p>This section is a mini me of our various <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/accelerated-depreciation-and-section-179-deduction\/\">rental property depreciation sections<\/a>. Here is the collapsed summary-<\/p>\n<p>A question we entertain on the daily is \u201cI want to save taxes. Should I have the business \/ rental property buy a car?\u201d Our auto-attendant replies with, \u201cDo you need a car?\u201d If you answer with \u201cYes\u201d the auto-attendant replies with, \u201cHold please.\u201d If your \u201cYes\u201d is not quick or mumbled, or if there is any recognition of hesitation, the auto-attendant is unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>Kidding aside, there are only a few questions you need to ask yourself when considering an automobile purchase in connection with your rental property or small business. Are you the type of person who buys new? How long do you typically keep your cars? Is the car 100% business use? How many miles do you plan to drive? There is a decision tree section that follows on page xx.<\/p>\n<p>Back up for a bit. Remember our previous discussions about tax deductions, and how only a fraction of the money you spend is returned to you? So, back to our auto-attendant, \u201cDo you need a car?\u201d If the answer is \u201cYes\u201d because your bucket of bolts is getting exceedingly dangerous, then Yes, buy a much-needed car out of a sense of safety. If the answer is \u201cNot really, but I want to save taxes,\u201d then don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Two rules to live by-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cash is King (keep it!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Depreciation is a tax deferral not a tax avoidance system (typically)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There might be some other external forces at play. For example, if you need a car next year but your income is ridiculously and unusually high in the current tax year, then reducing your income now makes sense. Again, tax modeling and planning is critical.<\/p>\n<p>We use car and automobile interchangeably. Ok, you\u2019ve determined that an automobile purchase should be in your near future, now what? There are five scenarios in descending order of elegance-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You Own the Automobile, Take a Mileage Deduction (clean and elegant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You Own the Automobile, Take Actual Expenses Deduction (a bit more recordkeeping)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rental Property Activity Owns the Automobile (mixed bag)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You Own the Automobile, Get Reimbursed by the Mile (not common in rental properties)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You Own the Automobile, Lease it Back to Your Business (unnecessarily complicated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before we jump into these various situations, we need to revisit <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/rental-property-travel-deductions\/\">rental property travel deductions<\/a>. We expand on this in an earlier section, but here is a summary of the various issues and considerations-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel to your rental property must be meaningful, ordinary and necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel between work locations is generally deductible. The power of the home office with your rental property activities is critical. A home office is simply another work location, where your commute is now from the bedroom to the basement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel away from your home (tax home) in pursuit of a trade or business is generally deductible. Your tax home is the location where you earn your primary income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel costs with research, start-up and acquisition have several rules where they might be deductible, they might not be deductible, or they might be added to the purchase price of the rental property and depreciated accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel expenses during repairs and improvements also have various rules depending on the classification of <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/improvement-versus-repairs\/\">repair versus improvements<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As mentioned above, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/rental-property-travel-deductions\/\">rental property travel deductions<\/a> section for a deeper look into these issues.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Own_the_Automobile_Take_Standard_Mileage_Deduction\"><\/span>You Own the Automobile, Take Standard Mileage Deduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is the class favorite for two big reasons- first, the ease of simply recording mileage with a mileage log (paper or phone app) is appealing. Date, beginning odometer, ending odometer and business purpose. Simple!<\/p>\n<p>The other reason is tax arbitrage. <a href=\"https:\/\/exchange.aaa.com\/automotive\/aaas-your-driving-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to AAA<\/a>, the cost to own and operate a 2022 small sedan was 54 cents per mile assuming 15,000 miles driven per year. However, this includes all sorts of fixed costs as well such as insurance, registration and finance. In other words, regardless of the miles driven, you will incur some fixed expenses. Even if you don\u2019t finance, you still have a cost to use your equity (i.e., paying cash).<\/p>\n<p>Back to the tax arbitrage. The data above is for a new automobile, and of the 54 cents above, 24 cents is depreciation. However, automobile depreciation is not linear. If you purchased a 5-year-old nicely used Honda Accord, its annual depreciation is tiny as compared to a new one. Also, depreciation is a cashless expense in a sense. Sure, cash is being spent on the automobile itself, but if viewed as a sunk cost, then depreciation is cashless.<\/p>\n<p>What are we getting at? A lightly used small sedan will operate for a lot less than 60 cents per mile although the IRS allows you to deduct 72.5 cents per mile for the 2026 tax year. Let\u2019s assume that you drive 6,000 miles for the rental property, and your true operating costs are 24 cents per mile. This is a difference of 48.5 cents, and at 6,000 miles this equates to $2,910 as a rental property expense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #a08750;\"><strong>Sidebar:<\/strong><\/span> You are technically supposed to reduce the cost basis of your automobile by the depreciation portion of the mileage deduction. This in turn could cause a taxable gain should you sell your automobile for more than its original cost basis after being reduced for the mileage depreciation. Most tax professionals don\u2019t know this, and certainly most taxpayers don\u2019t know this either but there you go.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Own_the_Automobile_Take_Actual_Expenses_Deduction\"><\/span>You Own the Automobile, Take Actual Expenses Deduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There might be times where actual expenses provide for a better tax deduction. However, as we\u2019ve just shown with the mileage deduction calculation above, your automobile would need to operate at a high cost. This is not totally uncommon with large work trucks and SUVs. According to the same AAA data as above, half-ton trucks operate for 86 cents a mile at 15,000 annual miles.<\/p>\n<p>There are two downsides to taking the actual expense deduction. First, you must track all miles driven, both personal and business. This is necessary to support your business use percentage since it will be applied to your actual expenses.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you drive 15,000 miles total and 6,000 were for the rental properties, or about 40%. This 40% is then applied to the costs of insurance, registration, maintenance, fuel, new tires, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The other downside is that once you use actual expenses for a tax year, you must continue to use actual expenses for the remainder of that automobile\u2019s use in the activity (rental property use, small business use, etc.).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rental_Property_Activity_Owns_the_Automobile\"><\/span>Rental Property Activity Owns the Automobile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This one is tough since you would need to demonstrate at least 50% business use in the rental property or series of rental properties to leverage the most tax benefit. You own a single-family home as a long-term rental and would like to take advantage of the electric vehicle credit on that shiny Cybertruck. This idea might not work, and it also might cause an aggressive eye roll from your spouse.<\/p>\n<p>Can you support at least 50% business use? Sure, but why have a $100,000 automobile sitting around most days not being driven?<\/p>\n<p>What if the rental property is a short-term rental? What if your rental property is an 8-unit mini apartment building? What if you purchased four rental properties in one year that needed a lot of minor repairs?<\/p>\n<p>As you can see there are a zillion different facts and circumstances where you could justify having your rental property activity or activities own the automobile. From there, you need to ensure it makes tax sense. As we discussed in the beginning of this chapter, the value of a tax deduction is substantially less than the cash spent. However, with automobiles that degrade in value, at times it makes sense for this value degradation to be a tax deduction as well.<\/p>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kb-rental-property\/buying-a-car-for-the-rental-property\/\">buying a car for the rental property section<\/a> for a deeper dive into the minutia.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"You_Own_the_Automobile_Lease_It_Back_to_Your_Rental\"><\/span>You Own the Automobile, Lease It Back to Your Rental<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you owned and operated a landscaping business, you might own the heavy equipment personally, and lease it back to the business. This is very common and is considered a self-rental.<\/p>\n<p>The same thing can be accomplished with your automobile. You would lease a car that you own back to your business. This is not considered the same as the business leasing the car from a dealer. This is creating a self-rental arrangement between you and your business. Why would you want to do that?<\/p>\n<p>The usual reason- it might prove to be a better tax position since you are reducing the income of your LLC which is subjected to self-employment taxes. However, rental properties and real estate investments are not subject to Social Security and traditional Medicare taxes unless they are operated like a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>As such, this automobile strategy is uncommon in a conventional rental property environment. We mention it in case your bartender or produce clerk is compelled to share their tax reduction prowess.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pile_On_Those_Automobile_Expenses\"><\/span>Pile On Those Automobile Expenses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At times you might want to skip tracking your mileage and rental property travel expenses because you are unable to deduct passive activity losses. For example, your W-2 income is too high, and the rental property does not qualify as a short-term rental. Therefore, you tell yourself, \u201cWhy bother? My rental losses don\u2019t help me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that unallowed losses are not lost forever. Rather, they carried over year after year on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-pdf\/f8582.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Form 8582 Passive Activity Loss Limitations<\/a>, and can be used when you have rental profits or when you sell the rental property. As such, track that mileage or travel expense, and pile on!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Pays_for_Gas\"><\/span>Who Pays for Gas?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With anything that is mixed use between personal and business or rental property, the asset is owned by you the human. Therefore, personal funds should be used to pay for all related costs and payments. The common examples are automobile, cell phone and home office expenditures.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mileage_Log\"><\/span>Mileage Log<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For the mileage deduction and actual expense deduction, you need a mileage log. This includes date, beginning odometer, ending odometer and business purpose. Most rental property owners use a smartphone app to keep track of the miles. Sure, it is simple to peg the number of round trips or something similar, but there are a lot of other miles driven in connection with the rental property (Lowe\u2019s, landfill, Target, bank, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that the IRS wants corroborating evidence to support your mileage logs, so keep those Jiffy Lube receipts or other service records showing odometer readings near the beginning and end of the year (so extrapolation can occur). Just whippin\u2019 out a pretty color-coded spreadsheet during an IRS examination is not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, mileage logs must be maintained in real time or what the courts like to call contemporaneous records.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<style data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68460abfbd4d1 .info-box-title{line-height:60px;font-size:50px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68460abfbd4d1 .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880833b7bd6b .info-box-title{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880833b7bd6b .info-box-inner{line-height:22px;font-size:12px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880834fd8436 .info-box-title{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880834fd8436 .info-box-inner{line-height:22px;font-size:12px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880835d3a0fb .info-box-title{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-6880835d3a0fb .info-box-inner{line-height:22px;font-size:12px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-title{line-height:46px;font-size:36px;color:#473d3c;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-inner{line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:#473d3c;}@media (max-width: 1199px) {#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68460abfbd4d1 .info-box-title{line-height:50px;font-size:40px;}#wd-6880833b7bd6b .info-box-title{line-height:25px;font-size:15px;}#wd-6880834fd8436 .info-box-title{line-height:25px;font-size:15px;}#wd-6880835d3a0fb .info-box-title{line-height:25px;font-size:15px;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-title{line-height:34px;font-size:24px;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-title{line-height:36px;font-size:26px;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}}@media (max-width: 767px) {#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-69d2f9fcf009f .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-69d3e2e584de8 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-68e97e561482c .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68460abfbd4d1 .info-box-title{line-height:40px;font-size:30px;}#wd-6880833b7bd6b .info-box-title{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-6880834fd8436 .info-box-title{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-6880835d3a0fb .info-box-title{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-68bcf7fc8516a .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-title{line-height:28px;font-size:18px;}#wd-68bcfc71da664 .info-box-inner{line-height:24px;font-size:14px;}}<\/style><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-69d2f9fcf009f\" class=\" wd-rs-69d2f9fcf009f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-center box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title kb \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jason Watson, CPA, is a partner and the CEO of <strong>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors,<\/strong> a boutique yet progressive tax, accounting and <\/em><em>rental property consultation and real estate CPA firm with over 90 team members and 7 partners headquartered in Colorado serving real estate investors worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jason-watson-cpa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17327 entered lazyloaded\" style=\"height: 35px!important; width: auto!important;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/linkedin-150x150-1.png.webp\" alt=\"Jason Watson CPA LinkedIn\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jason@wcginc.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17334 entered lazyloaded\" style=\"height: 35px!important; width: auto!important;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mail-150x150-1.png.webp\" alt=\"Jason Watson CPA Email\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-69d3e2e584de8\" class=\" wd-rs-69d3e2e584de8 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right kb \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_Just_Got_A_Rental_What_Do_I_Do_2026_Edition\"><\/span>I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2026 Edition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-100749 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Web-and-Social-GFX-2026_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" \/>This KB article is an excerpt from our 530+ page book (yeah, thick, there are some picture pages, but no scratch and sniff) which was <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>updated April 5, 2026<\/strong><\/span>, and is available in paperback from <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, as an eBook for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle<\/a>\u00a0and as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>\u00a0from ClickBank. We used to publish with iTunes and Nook, but keeping up with two different formats was brutal. You can cruise through these KB articles online, click on the fancy buttons below or\u00a0<a href=\"\/business-services\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit our webpage<\/a>\u00a0which provides more information.<\/p>\n<table class=\"purchase-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/amazon-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6657 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/amazon-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | Amazon version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/kindle-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6658\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kindle-imageresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | Kindle Version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/pdf-rental\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6659 aligncenter\" style=\"float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PDFresized.png.webp\" alt=\"I Just Got A Rental, What Do I Do? 2025 Edition | PDF version\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$32.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$21.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$18.95<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68e97e561482c\" class=\" wd-rs-68e97e561482c wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title img-right kb \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title wd-font-weight-800 box-title-style-default font-primary wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rental_Expert_Pod_the_REP\"><\/span>Rental Expert Pod (the REP)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>WCG's tax team structure is built around Pods \u2014 small, agile groups of tax professionals (4-6 total) who embrace team camaraderie while achieving client intimacy. Each Pod is led by a seasoned tax manager or partner, and together they make up the core of our tax return preparation.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2026 tax season, we\u2019re thrilled to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rental-expert-pod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rental Expert Pod<\/a> or REP for short. This is WCG\u2019s dedicated team of real estate CPAs and rental property tax specialists focused on optimizing your tax position, ensuring compliance, and helping you build long-term wealth through smart real estate strategies. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wcginc.com\/blog\/rental-expert-pod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn More<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<style><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=\"yes\" content_placement=\"top\" el_id=\"consultation-secc\" woodmart_css_id=\"6756f7d427735\" responsive_spacing=\"eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NzU2ZjdkNDI3NzM1Iiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93IiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=\" mobile_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" tablet_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" woodmart_parallax=\"0\" woodmart_gradient_switch=\"no\" woodmart_box_shadow=\"no\" wd_z_index=\"no\" woodmart_disable_overflow=\"0\" row_reverse_mobile=\"0\" row_reverse_tablet=\"0\" el_class=\"kb-consult\"][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68460c6336e7f\" class=\" wd-rs-68460c6336e7f wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title kb-fix \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"info-box-title title box-title-style-default wd-fontsize-m\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Talk_to_a_Real_Estate_CPA_About_Your_Rental_Property\"><\/span>Talk to a Real Estate CPA About Your Rental Property<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>Please use the form below to tell us a little about yourself, and what you have going on with your investments and wealth-building objectives. <strong>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors<\/strong> are real estate CPAs, tax strategists and rental property consultants, and we look forward to talking to you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t[vc_row_inner el_id=\"consultation-inner\" woodmart_css_id=\"66fd6caf92fc0\" responsive_spacing=\"eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zcGFjaW5nIiwic2VsZWN0b3JfaWQiOiI2NmZkNmNhZjkyZmMwIiwic2hvcnRjb2RlIjoidmNfcm93X2lubmVyIiwiZGF0YSI6eyJ0YWJsZXQiOnt9LCJtb2JpbGUiOnt9fX0=\" mobile_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" tablet_bg_img_hidden=\"no\" woodmart_parallax=\"0\" woodmart_gradient_switch=\"no\" woodmart_box_shadow=\"no\" wd_z_index=\"no\" woodmart_disable_overflow=\"0\" row_reverse_mobile=\"0\" row_reverse_tablet=\"0\"][vc_column_inner][vc_raw_js el_class=\"defaultBot\"]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyMnRleHQlMkZqYXZhc2NyaXB0JTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3Y2dpbmMuam90Zm9ybS5jb20lMkZqc2Zvcm0lMkYyNTE2NjU1MjUzNjk5NzElMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0UlMEE=[\/vc_raw_js][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"wd-68460abfbd4d1\" class=\" wd-rs-68460abfbd4d1 wd-info-box wd-wpb text-left box-icon-align-top box-style- color-scheme- wd-bg-none border-btm-title defaultBot \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-box-inner reset-last-child\"><p>The tax advisors, business consultants and rental property experts at <strong>WCG CPAs &amp; Advisors<\/strong> are not salespeople; we are not putting lipstick on a pig expecting you to love it. 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