If it didn’t transfer over from last year then
Enter a Capital Loss Carryover under
Federal Taxes or Personal (Home & Business)
Wages and Income
Then scroll down to Investment Income
Capital Loss Carryovers - Click Start or Revisit
The carryover loss from last year will be on Schedule D line 6 (Short term) and line 14 (Long term).
The current carryover loss to next year. Schedule D doesn't actually show the carryover amount. To find your Capital Loss Carryover amount you need to look at your return schedule D page 2. Line 16 will be your total loss and line 21 should be a max loss of 3,000. The difference between line 16 and 21 is the carryover loss.
Then there are 2 worksheets….
Capital Loss Carryover worksheet showing the carryover from the prior year and the current amounts.
Capital Loss Carry Forward worksheet showing the amount transferring over to next year.
In the Online version you have to save your return with all the worksheets as a pdf file to your computer to see the Capital Loss worksheets.
In the Desktop program you can switch to Forms Mode and open the worksheets.
