DianeW777
Employee Tax Expert

Investors & landlords

You should be able to right click and enter a zero, then move forward.  It could cause you to file by mail.  My advice would be to go through the assets that were sold one by one to see if you see an entry that doesn't make sense, For this you should go through the 'Step-by-Step' and not Forms entry.

 

If this is associated with rental real estate, go through each asset, including the building (and land which is the same asset) to be sure you have included the selling price/selling expenses for each asset.

 

Below is an example of how to arrive at the selling price for each whether or not it's rental property.

Use the original cost of each asset listed on depreciation, add those together then divide each one by the combined total to find the percentage of the cost for each asset.  Use that percentage times the sales price and sales expenses to find the selling price/sales expenses for each asset. (Choices would also be fair market value on the date of the sale or adjusted basis on the date of the sale, which is cost less depreciation.)

 

Example:  Original Cost (of each asset on your depreciation schedule)

$10,000 Land                = 13.33% 

$50,000 House              = 66.67%

$15,000 Improvements  = 20%

$75,000 Total                 = 100%

 

Multiply each percentage times the sales price/sales expenses to arrive at each individual sales price/sales expense.

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