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Claire and Harry Own a House on Hilton Head Island

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Claire and Harry own a house on Hilton Head Island. During the year, Claire and Harry rent the house for 30 days to friends from Texas for $2,000. Claire and Harry use the house a total of 60 days during the year. After making the appropriate allocation of expenses between personal and rental use, the following rental loss was determined:
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 Rental income $2,000 Property taxes (250)  Mortgage interest (950)  Repairs and maintenance (200)  Utilities (300)  Depreciation (400)  Rental loss $(100) \begin{array} { l r } \text { Rental income } & \$ 2,000 \\\text { Property taxes } & ( 250 ) \\\text { Mortgage interest } & ( 950 ) \\\text { Repairs and maintenance } & ( 200 ) \\\text { Utilities } & ( 300 ) \\\text { Depreciation } & ( 400 ) \\\text { Rental loss } & \$ ( 100 ) \end{array}
How should Claire and Harry report the rental income and expenses for the forthcoming year?
I.Report the $100 loss for AGI.II.Only expenses up to the amount of $2,000 rental income may be deducted for the year.
III.Include the $2,000 in gross income, but no deductions are allowed.
IV.Nothing needs to be reported.
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A) Only statement I is correct.
B) Only statement II is correct.
C) Statements II and III are correct.
D) Statements III and IV are correct.
E) Statements I and III are correct.

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