This is a follow-up to @dnaren's comment. I had a 1031 exchange with one relinquished property and two received properties and, per the IRS instructions for Form 8824, "[i]f you transferred and received (a) more than
one group of like-kind properties [...] don't complete lines 12 through 18 of Form 8824. Instead, attach your own statement showing how you figured the realized and recognized gain, and enter the correct amount on lines19 through 25" and then write 'See Attached Statement' on Form 8824. Which I did.
And of course one needs to actually print out the return and mail it in with the accompanying statement.
The problem is that within TurboTax, Form 8824 won't print--or be calculated into the return--unless you also fill out lines 16 through 18. What I did was just fill the whole form out making sure that line 19 through 25 reflect the correct amounts, printed the Return, and then force printed a separate copy of Form 8824 with data in lines 16 through 18 removed and substituted that copy into my mailed return.
