Past year depreciation for Canada rental

[Nishant]

Turbotax automatically calculates past year depreciation for Canada rental property during which we were residents of Canada.

Does IRS allow past year depreciation or do we have manually change to zero if not allowed?

[nelsona]

What do you mean by "past year"? Do you mean all previous years you owned the proporty? What does it use the figure for?

[Nishant]

Turbotax says
"We've calculated the amount of prior depreciation that was allowed by law, based on the information you've entered.

This amount is correct as long as your business use percentage was the same every year and you did not take a section 179 deduction or any special depreciation allowance"

Is it allowed to claim prior depreciation or it needs to be changed to zero?

[nelsona]

I would not worry about it. You are only claiming depreciation for this year, and the prior stuff affects your cuurent depreciation marginally.
Just use the fugure from ttax.