Expenses for rehab project

Well they should not show up as actual expenses until you finish the project or sell the property if this is a flip.

For a flip: WIP or work in progress is a current asset account you should add to your COA and post all rehab costs to this account. Once completed you can move the total to a separate "inventory" current asset which will be part of your basis in the property .

If you are just performing rehab on continuos owned business property not for sale you still should use the WIP approach as there is certainly a possibility that the project must be depreciated rather than expensed.

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