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Are you simply posting income for personal item sales, or
Are you posting income for personal item sales and wanting to reverse the entry for some reason?
Using the screen below leads you to posting the personal item sales on IRS form 8949 / Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses.
This method is following the instructions from an IRS revision on January 27, 2023.
I also do not click This amount in box 1a is too high or includes some personal transactions on the screen Let's get the info from your 1099-K.
I also do not click either link on the screen Personal Item Sales.
To report Personal item sales, I follow these directions.
- Down the left side of the screen, click Federal.
- Down the left side of the screen, click Wages & Income.
- Click Show more to the right of Other Common Income.
- Under Your income and expenses, click the Edit/Add button to the right of Form 1099-K.
- At the screen Did you get a 1099-K? click Yes.
- At the screen How would you like to enter your 1099-K? click Type it in myself. Click Continue.
- At the screen Choose which type of income your 1099-K is for, select the button for Personal item sales. Click Continue.
- At the screen Let’s get the info from your 1099-K, enter the information. Click Continue.
- At the screen Personal Item Sales, you are told that further information will need to be entered. Learn More provides detailed information for the next steps. Click Continue.
- At the screen Your 1099-K summary, notice that the income relates to ‘Sale of Personal Items’. Click Done.
- Under Your income and expenses, click the Edit/Add button to the right of Investments and Savings (1099-B, 1099-K….)
- At this screen, you will be asked to Review the Personal item sales (1099-K).
At the screen Now, enter one sale…., answer questions about the personal item sale. Click Continue.
The entry will be reported:
- on Schedule D of the Federal 1040 tax return, and
- on line 7 of the Federal 1040 tax return.
Capital loss for a personal item sale reports $0 capital gain on line 7 of the Federal 1040 tax return.
