Coleen3
Intuit Alumni

Deductions & credits

If you are a nonresident of NJ, see how to set up your NJ state return before entering the sale.

If this house was an second home sold:

To enter this transaction in TurboTax, log into your tax return  and click on "Take me to my return") and type "investment income (gains and losses)" in the search bar then select "jump to investment income (gains and losses)". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information (see step 6 below)  

Alternatively, to enter this sale of a second home in TurboTax Online, please follow these steps:

  1. Once you are in your tax return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab 
  2. Next click on “Wages & Income” 
  3. Next click on “I’ll choose what I work on” (jump to full list)
  4. Scroll down the screen until to come to the section “Investment Income”
  5. Choose “Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other” and select “start’ (or “update” is you have already worked on this section)
  6. The first screen will ask if you sold any investments during the current tax year (This includes any sale of real property held as an investment property so answer “yes” to this question)
  7. Since you did not receive a 1099-B, answer “no” to the 1099-B question
  8. Choose type of investment you sold - select Second Home