Hal_Al
Level 15

Investors & landlords

Maybe, probably not.

 

As the other answer indicated it should have been reported on your 2019 tax return. If it will  not change your bottom line  (what you owed or got back), you do not need to amend. But you must account for how it would have been used, on your 2019 return,  in determining how much can be carried forward. 

 

Since the amount was less than $3000, it's all but certain that all of it would have been used up in 2019 and none can be used (carried forward to) this year.  The only way to be absolutely sure is to prepare a revised 2019 return. 

 

That said, here's a simple answer: if line 11b of  your 2019 return is $1200 or more, none of it would have carried forward to 2020..