I recently disposed of a vehicle used for business (insurance total loss) that was gifted to me in July 2009. I have the FMV of the vehicle at that time.
TurboTax Home & Business asks me how much I paid ($0). I filled in the rest of the information including the "Prior Year Section 179 Deduction" (from 2009). And later I entered in the Business portion of Sales Price (insurance payout).
When I run the review/check it tells me the Sect 179 cannot be greater than the vehicle cost. I zero the Sect 179 and checks out.
I went back to the Step-by-Step and this time it asks me for a FMV for the vehicle in addition to the price paid. I entered this and also entered in again the "Prior Year Section 179" thinking this would be compared to the FMV. Same rejection on the review/check.
Going back again on Vehicle expenses in Step-by-step and the entry for FMV is gone again.
So the question are: Do I need the FMV at the time the vehicle was acquired?
If so, how do I enter it if TurboTax doesn't ask for it?
