Disposed of asset or retired from business use

[1katiemoon]

When I go through turbo tax it asks if I converted an asset to personal use (among other things), when I say yes it asks a date that I sold of disposed of my asset. I did not enter a date because I did not sale or dispose of the asset, just converted to personal use. When I finish with the section and look at the summary for that asset it than tells me that the asset was not sold of retired from business use in 2015...But it was?? Help?

[PatriciaV · Accepted solution]

Although it says "date you sold or disposed of" the asset, ending its use for your business is essentially the same thing for tax purposes.

Return to the business asset section and enter the date you stopped using the asset for business.

If asked, you should also report that the sales price was zero (since you didn't sell it).

Completing those two questions should remove the asset from your business and report the retirement.

[budandrox]

I did enter the date I stopped using the asset for business and entered 0 for the sales price but it is still insisting that I fill in the mileage and other info about the vehicle that was used in my business before I retired.

[PatriciaV]

If you did not use the vehicle during the tax year, enter zero for all mileage questions.

[pamelaw927]

When I do this, it is giving me a loss for the remaining basis, but shouldn't this technically we viewed as a draw since you are still using it as personal?

[Carl]

If you are being asked for a sales price, you're messing up on your end.

THere's a screen that asks "did you convert this asset to nonbusiness use?"  You must select YES. If you select no, then it's assumed you sold the vehicle and you will be forced to enter a sales price.

[pamelaw927]

I completely agree with what you said. However, TT does not give me that option. Here are my options:

sold

stolen

a casualty loss

given away

disposed of by some other means (examples are recycled)

I have tried to search for "convert to personal" and other phrases but nothing shows up. Where do I find this option?

[Forty-niner]

In error in 2016 I entered a house on our ranch as rental property which it is not and never has been.   On TT Business in preparing Form 1065 I want to convert it to personal use but cannot find a way to do that.

[DianeC958]

There is not a direct way to convert it from an LLC to personal by using the program.

If the property is not part of the LLC for business purposes then just remove any information about it from the LLC.

@Forty-niner

[slb5]

I'm running into this same issue and looking for solutions.  What did you end up doing? It doesn't appear that Carl responded again.....

[RobertB4444]

To clarify, which of the issues on this thread have you run in to?  There are several solutions here for the issues on the thread, have you tried those yet?

@slb5 

[slb5]

Sorry- I thought I was replying directly to the issue stated below.  if I dispose of property in the 'other' section, it creates a loss.  That seems wrong.

I completely agree with what you said. However, TT does not give me that option. Here are my options:

sold

stolen

a casualty loss

given away

disposed of by some other means (examples are recycled)

I have tried to search for "convert to personal" and other phrases but nothing shows up. Where do I find this option?

[DaveF1006]

To clarify, what type of an asset is this?

@slb5 

[slb5]

Vehicle.  Want to retire it. 

[PatriciaV]

If you no longer use the vehicle and plan not to use it again, you may report that you stopped using for business use.

1. Open your return and navigate to the Self-Employment section and continue to the list of businesses in your return.
2. Click Edit beside your business. 
3. Follow the prompts until you reach the Business Summary page. 
4. Scroll down to Business Vehicle Expense (or Cars, Trucks, and other vehicles) and click "Start/Update". 
5. Continue to the Vehicle Summary page. 
6. Click Edit beside the vehicle you need to change. 
7. Check the box at the bottom to indicate you stopped using it for business and enter the date.
8. Continue through the interview to enter your mileage and expenses, if any.
9. Continue to the page "Sales Price."
10. Since you converted your vehicle to personal use, leave both the sales price and expense of sale fields blank (see the blue link "how to determine sales price).
11. Continue through the interview to the end.
12. Be sure to read each page of the interview and heck the blue "Learn More" links for additional help.

@slb5