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First enter Form 1099-K Income Other Common Income Income from Form 1099-K     START On the “Did you get a 1099-K?” screen, select “Yes” On the “Which type of income is your 1099-K for?” screen, select “Personal item sales”     CONTINUE Enter the 1099-K as it was reported  NOTE: ONLY select the box for “This amount in box 1a is too high or includes some personal transactions” if it shows things like birthday gifts you received or when someone sent you money to split a dinner cost.   CONTINUE Next screen make a selection- IF ANY ITEM SOLD AT A GAIN- select  “only some items had no gain”, and enter the amount that represent the items NOT sold for gain. In other words, if the 1099-K shows 1,000 "Proceeds" and 900 of that was stuff you sold at a loss or broke-even, enter 900 here.  In this example, you would need to "account" for 100 "proceeds". That means 100 was sent for something you sold and you sold it for more than what you paid for it. That does not mean you MADE 100, just that they sent you 100. You must record what you sold, what it cost you, and the profit you made. You do that later in the "Investment" section CONTINUE Finish the interview and select done on the “Your 1099-K summary” screen,  BUT YOU ARE NOT DONE Go to: Income Investment Income Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other    click UPDATE The next screen should show “Personal items sales (1099-K)”  Click REVIEW to open  The next screen has an input screen for the Personal items you sold at a profit/gain. Enter what you sold, when you sold it, when you purchased it Enter how much you sold it for, and how much it cost you to buy it. The difference between what it cost you, and what you got as "Proceeds" is the taxable profit (Capital Gains)