Get your taxes done using TurboTax

TurboTax Desktop allows you:

• To report summary information on IRS form 1099-B, or 
• Report each line of the IRS form 1099-B one by one.  

However, when summary information of an IRS form 1099-B  is reported, you are required to mail a copy of the IRS form 1099-B to the IRS.

Rather than reporting summary information, consider reporting each line of the IRS form 1099-B one by one.  In that case, then:

• The one transaction for a sale in which the basis is not reported to the IRS may be correctly reported, and
• You are not required to mail the IRS form 1099-B to the IRS.

To enter the form manually In TurboTax Desktop, follow these steps:

1. Across the top of the screen, click Federal Taxes.
2. Across the top of the screen, click Wages & Income.
3. Select I'll choose what I work on.
4. Under Investment Income, click to the right of Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B).
5. Click Add investments.
6. At the screen Let Us Enter Your Bank and Brokerage Tax Documents, select Skip Import.
7. On the screen OK, let's start with one investment type screen, select Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, then Continue.
8. At the screen Which bank or brokerage, enter the information.  Click Continue.
9. Do these sales include any employee stock, enter No.
10. Do you have more than three sales, enter Yes.
11. Do these sales include any other types of investments?, enter No.
12. Did you buy every investment listed on your 1099-B, enter Yes.  Select Continue.
13. On the screen Now, choose how to enter your sales, select One by One.  Select Continue.
14. Look for your sales on your 1099-B, select Continue.
15. Now, enter one sale on your 1099-B, enter information.  Select Continue.
16. Let us know if any of these situations apply to this sale, enter information.  Select Continue.
17. At the screen Review your sales, select Add another sale until all transactions are entered.