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How do I determine the cost basis for a rental property I sold this year?
Because the Sale Price was higher than your Adjusted Basis (purchase price, plus cost of improvement, minus depreciation), the Fair Market Value does not matter. The basis for the gain is your purchase price ($170,000).
However, reporting it in TurboTax isn't particularly easy.
In most cases, the sale of Rental Property is sold in the rental section and you sell the 'asset' of the house. However, if the property was originally a personal-use property and it converted to a rental property when the Fair Market Value was less then the Cost Basis (usually the purchase price plus cost of improvements before it was a rental), it is reported in the "Sale of Business Property" section.
Go into the "asset" for the property in the Rental section, and indicate that you sold it. When you get to the screen that asks about "Special Handling", say YES. Then it will ask you to enter the date of the sale (do NOT enter the sales price).
Now figure out how much depreciation you took on the property,
including the current year. It may be helpful to print out the
'Depreciation and Amortization' worksheet (you will need to pay before
you print it). It is the side-ways worksheet.
Then go to "Sale of Business Property" and enter the information that it asks for, using your purchase price ($170,000) for the original basis (you may need to subtract depreciation from that to get your "adjusted basis", I don't remember exactly how it asks for the information).
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What was the sale price in relation to the FMV and actual cost basis?
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Because the Sale Price was higher than your Adjusted Basis (purchase price, plus cost of improvement, minus depreciation), the Fair Market Value does not matter. The basis for the gain is your purchase price ($170,000).
However, reporting it in TurboTax isn't particularly easy.
In most cases, the sale of Rental Property is sold in the rental section and you sell the 'asset' of the house. However, if the property was originally a personal-use property and it converted to a rental property when the Fair Market Value was less then the Cost Basis (usually the purchase price plus cost of improvements before it was a rental), it is reported in the "Sale of Business Property" section.
Go into the "asset" for the property in the Rental section, and indicate that you sold it. When you get to the screen that asks about "Special Handling", say YES. Then it will ask you to enter the date of the sale (do NOT enter the sales price).
Now figure out how much depreciation you took on the property,
including the current year. It may be helpful to print out the
'Depreciation and Amortization' worksheet (you will need to pay before
you print it). It is the side-ways worksheet.
Then go to "Sale of Business Property" and enter the information that it asks for, using your purchase price ($170,000) for the original basis (you may need to subtract depreciation from that to get your "adjusted basis", I don't remember exactly how it asks for the information).
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