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How to enter in TurboTax Home and Business 2022 DESKTOP a 1099K from Ebay under $20,000 for the sale of personal items at a loss

How to enter in TurboTax Home and Business 2022 DESKTOP a 1099K from Ebay under $20,000 for the sale of personal items at a loss

JamesG1Answer
Alumni - Intuit
February 9, 2023

JamesG1,

Thank you for your reply.  Before I try your solution, I have two questions.

 

Did you do it in Turbotax Home and Business Desktop?

How did you update the 1099B entries?

 

Thank you!!

PeggyH3


I prepared the entry in TurboTax Desktop Home and Business.

 

I entered the 1099-K as a Personal item sale.

 

Under Investment Income I selected 1099-B or broker statements.

At the screen Here’s all the investment accounts, I selected Edit to the right of the Paypal entry created by the 1099-K.

 

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At the screen Here’s all the sales reported by Paypal, I clicked Add and entered one sale at a time.

At the screen Was this a sale of employee stock, I selected No.

At the screen Select any less common adjustments that apply, I selected Any loss from this sale is not deductible and This is a personal use property.

 

 

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Here is the IRS form 8949.

 

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Here is the Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses.

 

 

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@PeggyH3 

 

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JosephS1
Alumni - Intuit
February 8, 2023

The following is the current guidance on receiving a 1099-K for personal items sold at a loss:

 

There was a revision on January 27, 2023, from the IRS reglong-termarding the reporting of 1099Ks, with losses from sales of personal item(s) reported to the taxpayer on form 1099K. It states to either report on Form 8949 as done, or Schedule I lines 8z and 24z, as applicable.

 

Again, since it is Personal Items, in TurboTax it's correctly reported on Form 8949. First, enter your 1099K, after you enter your Box 1a gross amount and payer select continue. Select “Learn More” for instructions to enter your cost basis and proceeds in another section for your losses/gains (see instructions below). 

 

We’ve collected your 1099-K information, but you’ll need to add more info about your sale in another section.

  1. Select Continue on this screen.
  2. On the Your 1099-K Summary screen, select Done.
  3. From the Income Landing table, navigate to Investment topics, and select Start or Revisit for "Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B).
  4. Go to Investments and Savings (1099-B, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-K, Crypto) on the Income & Expenses screen. Select Edit/Add. 
  5. On Your Investments and Savings Summary screen, you’ll see a line item for your 1099-K income. Select Edit or Review and enter the information for the first personal sale item.
    • Be sure to select Personal Items under the What type of investment did you sell?
    • The Cost or other basis amount should be the amount you originally paid for the item.
  6. Select Continue when you’re finished to go to the Review your Sales screen.
    • If there was more than one personal item sale included in the 1099-K amount, select Add another sale to add each item.

If you sold your personal item(s) for a loss, that loss cannot offset other income on your tax return like capital loss items (stocks).

If you sold your personal item(s) for a gain, then you’ll need to pay short or long term gains tax on it, depending on how long you held the item. This is why you should enter each item separately and not net them together.

 

@PeggyH3 

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PeggyH3Author
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February 8, 2023

Thank you Joseph.  I have tried this several times. However, using Turbotax Home and Business 2022 Desktop, step 5 does not work. When I go to Investment and Savings Screen it shows a line for the 1099K income, however when I edit it it does not offer  "What type of investment did you sell" so I cannot select  "Personal Items". Instead it goes to "Sale #1, Total proceeds, COGS, and holding period"  Turbotax is now entering data into a 1099B not filling out Schedule 1 lines 8z and 24z as instructed by the IRS. I assume that Turbotax Desktop Home and Business 2022 needs and update for this, but I was not able to get a correct answer from Intuit yesterday on a phone call. Do you know anything about an update???Thank you, PeggyH3

  1. On Your Investments and Savings Summary screen, you’ll see a line item for your 1099-K income. Select Edit or Review and enter the information for the first personal sale item.
    • Be sure to select Personal Items under the What type of investment did you sell?
    • The Cost or other basis amount should be the amount you originally paid for the item.
Alumni - Intuit
February 8, 2023

In TurboTax Desktop H & B, I entered a sale of personal items (for a loss) through the 1099-K screen.

 

I then updated the 1099-B entries.  The screen following Was this a sale of employee stock was the screen Select any less common adjustments that apply.

 

I selected Any loss from this sale is not deductible... and This is personal use property...

 

The loss of a personal item sale was correctly reported on IRS form 8949 / Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses.

 

@PeggyH3 

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