Home Basis Record Book

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK The tax consequences related to selling a home can be minimized by maintaining accurate and complete records. Your residence is likely to be one of the major purchases of your life. From the date of the purchase until the date of the sale, you will likely make improvements to the residence that will increase the value of the home. These improvements are not deductible for income tax purposes, but play an important part when the house is sold. This book is designed to assist you in keeping track of the various improvements you make to your residence. Space is provided to record improvements for up to two properties (i.e., your principal residence and a vacation or rental home). The topics listed are just samples to help you get started. As you make improvements to your residence, enter the date, the improvement, and the cost in this book. If the improvement is made over a period of time, such as building a garage, each purchase can be entered separately or the total can be entered, but not both. Keep the receipts in a safe place to assist you in substantiating your investment in your residence. IMPROVEMENT DEFINED An improvement materially adds to the value of your home, considerably prolongs its useful life, or adapts it to new uses. You must add the cost of any improvements to the basis of your home. You cannot deduct these costs. Improvements include putting a recreation room in your unfinished basement, adding an other bathroom or bedroom, putting up a fence, putting in new plumbing or wiring, installing a new roof, and paving your driveway. Amount added to basis. The amount you add to your basis for improvements is your ac tual cost. This includes all costs for material and labor, except your own labor, and all expenses related to the improvement. For example, if you had your lot surveyed to put up a fence, the cost of the survey is a part of the cost of the fence. You also must add to your basis state and local assessments for improvements such as streets and sidewalks if they increase the value of the property. Improvements no longer part of home. Your home s adjusted basis does not include the cost of any improvements that are replaced and are no longer part of the home. Example. You put wall to wall carpeting in your home 15 years ago. Later, you replaced that carpeting with new wall to wall carpeting. The cost of the old carpeting you replaced is no longer part of your home s adjusted basis. Repairs versus improvements. A repair keeps your home in an ordinary, efficient operating condition. It does not add to the value of your home or prolong its life. Repairs include re painting your home inside or outside, fixing your gutters or floors, fixing leaks or plastering, and replacing broken window panes. You cannot deduct repair costs and generally cannot add them to the basis of your home. However, repairs that are done as part of an extensive remodeling or restoration of your home are considered improvements. You add them to the basis of your home. OTHER INFORMATION When you sell your residence, bring this book, along with copies of past returns that involved a sale of a residence, to your tax professional. This information will assist the preparer in minimizing your tax liability as a result of the sale. If your marital status should change (marriage, divorce, death, etc.), contact your preparer to discuss any potential tax consequences.

HOME BASIS FOR FIRST RESIDENCE Name Address City State Zip Purchase Date - - Original Cost Expenses of Purchase Improvements: Date Improvements Cost - - Bathroom Modernization - - Built-in Appliances - - Carpet - - Central Air Conditioning - - Decks - - Drapery (Rods/Hangers) - - Duct Work - - Exterior Lighting - - Fence - - Fireplace/Wood Stove - - Flooring Total Page 1 1

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - Furnace - - Garage - - Greenhouse - - Heating System - - Insulation - - Kitchen Modernization - - Landscaping - - Lighting Fixtures - - New Roof - - New Room - - Paneling - - Patio - - Porch - - Security System - - Sidewalk/Driveway - - Siding - - Soft Water System - - Storage Buildings - - Storm Doors/Windows Total Page 2 2

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - Special Assessments (sewer, water, street, etc.) - - Swimming Pool - - Water Heater - - Wiring Upgrades - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Page 3 3

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Page 4 4

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Page 5 5

Improvements no longer part of home List any items that you previously included on the list as an improvement and later replaced (e.g., wall-to-wall carpeting, furnace, lighting fixtures, etc.) Cost Total Page 6 6

Improvements Total Page 1 Improvements Total Page 2 Improvements Total Page 3 Improvements Total Page 4 Improvements Total Page 5 Total Improvements (A) Reductions: Improvements no longer part of home Total Page 6 Energy credit claimed Depreciation allowed for business or rental Casualty losses claimed Deferred gain from previous residence (not applicable for homes purchased after May 6, 1997) Other Total Reductions (B) Total Improvements (A) Total Reductions (B) Total Adjusted Basis $- 7

SALE RECORDS FOR FIRST RESIDENCE When selling this property, complete the information below and bring a copy of the closing statements to your tax professional. Your preparer will use this information to report this sale properly on the tax return. Sale Date - - Sale Price Selling Expenses: Commissions Advertising Title Fees Seller Paid Points Recordings Legal Fees Total Selling Expenses Notes 8

HOME BASIS FOR SECOND RESIDENCE Name _ Address City State Zip Purchase Date - - Original Cost Expenses of Purchase Improvements: Date Improvements Cost - - Bathroom Modernization - - Built-in Appliances - - Carpet - - Central Air Conditioning - - Decks - - Drapery (Rods/Hangers) - - Duct Work - - Exterior Lighting - - Fence - - Fireplace/Wood Stove - - Flooring Total Page 9 9

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - Garage - - Greenhouse - - Heating System - - Insulation - - Kitchen Modernization - - Landscaping - - Lighting Fixtures - - New Roof - - Furnace - - New Room - - Paneling - - Patio - - Porch - - Security System - - Sidewalk/Driveway - - Siding - - Soft Water System - - Storage Buildings - - Storm Doors/Windows Total Page 10 10

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Page 12 12

Date Improvements, cont. Cost - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Page 13 13

Improvements Total Page 9 Improvements Total Page 10 Improvements Total Page 11 Improvements Total Page 12 Improvements Total Page 13 Total Improvements (A) Reductions: Improvements no longer part of home Total Page 14 Energy credit claimed Depreciation allowed for business or rental Casualty losses claimed Deferred gain from previous residence (not applicable for homes purchased after May 6, 1997) Other Total Reductions (B) Total Improvements (A) Total Reductions (B) Total Adjusted Basis $- 15

SALE RECORDS FOR SECOND RESIDENCE When selling this property, complete the information below and bring a copy of the closing statements to your tax professional. Your preparer will use this information to report this sale properly on the tax return. Sale Date - - Sale Price Selling Expenses: Commissions Advertising Title Fees Seller Paid Points Recordings Legal Fees Total Selling Expenses Notes 16