Real Estate Professional Requirements Not Met.

In this case, the petitioner had various real estate activities in addition to his day job.  He produced spreadsheets of his time spent in the real estate activities involving single-family homes, but did not produce any contemporaneous log or calendar.  The spreadsheets were created after-the-fact.  The court also determined that the spreadsheet data was excessive, duplicative and counterfactual.  The court determined that the petitioner was not a real estate professional and that losses associated with the real estate activities were not deductible.  The court also imposed a 20  percent accuracy-related penalty.  Graham v. Comr., T.C. Sum. Op. 2014-79.