During the year, Evan rented his vacation home for 90 days and spent 60 days there. Gross rental income from the property was $5,000. Evan incurred the following expenses:

mortgage interest, $2,000; real estate taxes, $2,500; utilities, $1,000; maintenance, $300; and depreciation, $5,000.

1. Identify how this vacation home is treated and how you came to your conclusion (state the rule and apply the facts to the rule)

2. Compute Evan's allowable deductions for the vacation home using the IRS's approach.

3. What schedule does Evan report rental income and expenses on?

4. Prepare the schedule using the figures above and attach it to your answer.

5. Which personal expenses are deductible? Your answer should include: how these expenses classified (for AGI, from AGI- what form/schedule) and the amount of the deduction.