I've been following some of the recommendations to offset trading expenses from the capital gain.
I did the following:
-On schedule C, I created a row under 'commissions'.
Description: 'Carry over expenses from schedule C to Form 8949 (see line 10)''
Amount: -$2000
-On form 8949, I created a new transaction line.
Box 1a -description: 'Carry over expenses from schedule C'.
Box 1e cost or other basis: $2000
From what I understand, it is important to emphasize that these transactions are offsetting each other. Hence I put that as the description both in schedule C and form 8949.
My concern:
-On schedule C, the description that I entered in Turbotax did not show up on the PDF form. On schedule C, it only showed ‘Commission and Fees’ and the total amount. No description.
The only place where the description appears is under the ‘other expenses’. I tried to enter a negative amount there (-$2000), but it won’t allow me to enter a negative number.
Here is the message I got:
‘Schedule C: Other expenses amount must not add up to a negative value. Review entries for expenses incorrectly entered as negative values. If negative values have been used as adjustments to reduce other line 48 expenses, the adjustment must not reduce the total below $0.
So I’m so lost where to put the negative number on schedule C.
I would appreciate any advice and feedback as to solve this issue. Thank you so much in advance for your help!
