If you are in the business of flipping houses, you will report all the income and sales information on a Schedule C as business income from self-employment.
To set up your business:
- Open or continue your return.
- Search for schedule c and click the Jump to link in the search results.
- Answer Yes to Did you have any self-employment income or expenses?
- If you've already entered self-employment work and need to enter more, select Add another line of work.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
If you are not in the business of flipping houses, you would report this as the sale of a capital asset because you bought the home for investment purposes. You will add the remodeling costs to the basis to determine your overall gain or loss. You may need to upgrade to TurboTax Premier to report this capital asset sale.
Click this link for further information about reporting the sale of a capital asset
- To enter this transaction in TurboTax, log into your tax 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.
