claiming property tax (tax year 2007) for tax filing 2008?

Vita Moodie: You can only deduct what you actually paid in 2008 for taxes that accrued after you bought the property.

Palmira Lochridge: You can claim the property taxes in the year that you paid them.You paid them in 2007,you claim them in 2007.ChristineEA Master Tax AdvisorAny advice included in this message is based on our understanding of current tax law as it applies to the facts that you gave us....Show more

Ronnie Panas: You claim your property taxes, regardless of what year they are for, in the year you actually paid them. I had one client who was really irresponsible about her property taxes and ended up paying something like 5 payments at once- she took all five in the year she paid them.Hope that helps. :0)