AnnetteB6
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Investors & landlords

Thank you for sharing your tokens for both the desktop and online versions.  

 

With the token numbers, I am able to open the tax file in the desktop version of the program to see the inputs and the forms generated.  When opening the token file created from the Online version, I can see that there was no prior depreciation entered for the house that was sold as you went through the Easy Guide to calculate the adjusted cost basis.  I think this entry was just missed for some reason as you went through that section.  I did verify that the input is available in the TurboTax Online Premium and Deluxe versions.  It comes up after a yes/no question regarding other uses of the property.

 

The screenshot that you shared showing that an amount was entered in TurboTax Online for depreciation taken after May 6, 1997 is a separate entry that comes up later in the section after the Easy Guide calculation.  The number entered on this screen is not part of calculating the adjusted cost basis through the Easy Guide.  That is why it wasn't included as a decrease on the summary screen showing the adjusted basis.    

 

Additionally, based on your other entries in the sale of the home section and stating that there had been prior business use of the home, an error condition was generated based on the allowed or allowable depreciation not being entered during the Easy Guide.  You would have been prompted to clear this error later in the process of filing the return.  When I cleared the error by including the amount for prior depreciation that had been entered in the desktop version, the total exclusion amount was the same for both versions of the program.  

 

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