Because there are no federal income tax consequences when you are granted stock appreciation rights, you will not report this transaction on your current tax return. This also explains why you didn't receive a tax form t(1099 or W-2) for the SARs.
However, when you exercise/sell the underlying stock, you will report compensation income on the fair market value of the amount received at vesting. This transaction would be reported in TurboTax under Federal Income >> Investment Income >> Stocks, Cryptocurrency, etc.
Per IRS Pub 525 Taxable and Nontaxable Income: Stock Appreciation Rights
Don’t include a stock appreciation right granted by your employer in income until you exercise (use) the right. When you use the right, you're entitled to a cash payment equal to the FMV of the corporation's stock on the date of use minus the FMV on the date the right was granted. You include the cash payment in income in the year you use the right.
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