dixiefla
New Member

capital gains

When I entered long term capital gains and short term capital gains into Schedule D (and/or the worksheet) Turbotax combined them--it added the two numbers--and put this total into my 1040 as taxable income.   Long term capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than short term, so why did it combine them so that the long term gains are being taxed at the same higher rate as short term gains?