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posted Jan 5, 2020 11:49:33 AM

How do I enter losses in turbotax? For example, I had my inventory repurchased for $230 less than i paid for it.

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Level 5
Jan 5, 2020 4:02:11 PM

Are you keeping an inventory because it's really a cost of goods sold thing.....you can make this an expense in the Misc category if not.

Level 15
Jan 5, 2020 8:30:15 PM

Just report the income in the business income section, and report what you paid for the inventory you actually sold in 2019, in the Inventory/Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) section. The program takes care of it.

Example:

 

Lets say you have 100 widgets that you paid $1 each for, and you sold them for $0.50 each. The business income will show $50

Meanwhile in COGS you will show that you paid $100 for that inventory you actually sold. The program will work it and "know" that you have a $50 loss. Not a big deal.