Home Home Improvement

Home improvement tax deduction?

newly preg asked:


I’m considering upgrading our formica countertops to granite and installing vinyl fencing to enclose our backyard. Would this count as a home improvement and would I be able to deduct this on next year’s taxes or only when I sell the home?

Tags: Granite, Home Improvement Tax Deduction, Installing Vinyl Fencing

This entry was posted on Monday, January 12th, 2009 at 4:53 pm and is filed under Decorating & Remodeling. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Home improvement tax deduction?”

1. Daniel F says:

   January 14, 2009 at 9:19 pm

   I just bought a home and did a ton of home improvements. People always told me to save the receipts because when you SELL the home you will be able to deduct it from the taxes you may pay on the gains.
2. ticktock says:

   January 15, 2009 at 1:34 pm

   While living at your home, you can only deduct home improvements that actually help insulate the house. Like, exterior doors, roof, duct work, new furnace. Everything else, you can deduct when you sell it. Keep all receipts to ANY improvements…. I made the mistake of throwing out a few I could’ve deducted.
3. Home Improvements And Home Repairs - What Is Tax Deductible? says:

   March 6, 2009 at 10:03 am

   [...] Home improvement tax deduction? [...]