Deductions & credits

This, from Turbo Tax Help:

If you sold an item you owned for personal use, such as a car, refrigerator, furniture, stereo, jewelry, or silverware, your gain is taxable as a capital gain. You cannot deduct a loss.

However, if you sold an item you held for investment, such as gold or silver bullion, coins, or gems, any gain is taxable as a capital gain and any loss is deductible as a capital loss.

To input it into Turbo Tax:

  1. Go to Income. 

  2. Select I'll choose what I work on

  3. Go down to Investment Income

  4. Click Start or Update by Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other

  5. Click + Add more sales.

  6. Answer No to Did you get a 1099-B or a brokerage statement for these sales?

  7. Select Personal Items, and Turbo Tax walks you through the rest of your transaction.

To check to see if it went on your return correctly,

  1. Go to My Account

  2. Go to Tools

  3. Go to View Tax Summary

  4. Go to Preview my 1040


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