Mark Burns is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and former Director of the Health Administration Program at Auburn University.
HOA fees are based on a variety of things. The management association bidding to run an HOA determines the hard costs of things like utilities, landscaping, pool maintenance, administrative costs like attorney fees, billing and postage plus any other required overhead.They then add on their profit margin for servicing the account.he management association bidding to run an HOA determines the hard costs of things like utilities, landscaping, pool maintenance, administrative costs like attorney fees, billing and postage plus any other required overhead. They then add on their profit margin for servicing the account.
If you live in your property year-round, then the HOA fees are not deductible. Though many costs of owning a home are deductible on your income taxes, including your mortgage interest and property taxes, the IRS does not allow you to deduct HOA fees, because they are considered an assessment by a private entity.If the home is a rental property, however, HOA fees do become deductible.In this case, the IRS considers HOA fees to be a deductible cost of maintaining the rental property You report the fees on Schedule E on your tax return.f your property is a second home or vacation home that you use personally but also rent out, things get a bit more complicated. You still can deduct HOA fees but only for the time the property is used as a rental.