A house is either your personal primary, rental or second home. Your second home is considered an investment home. You basis is your purchase price plus improvements and expenses of sale.
Report the sale in
the investment section of TurboTax. Follow these instructions:
-
Open your return in
TurboTax.
(To do this, sign in to TurboTax and click the orange Take me to
my return button.)
- In the search box, search
for sold second home (use this exact phrase) and then click the
"Jump to" link in the search results.
- Answer Yes on the Did You
Sell Any Investments in 2017? screen.
- If you land on the Here's the
investment sales info we have so far screen, click Add More Sales.
Answer No to the 1099-B question.
On the next screen,
select Second Home (choose this also for inherited homes) or Land. Click Continue.
Follow the on-screen
instructions to completion.
Note: Whether you
had a loan on the property or how much cash you received at closing doesn't
matter to the IRS. The IRS will tax you on the profit from the sale, if any.
In simple terms, the
Gross Proceeds minus Expense of Sale (if
needed) minus Original Purchase Price minus Improvements (expenses for new roof, kitchen
remodel, etc.) equals Your Taxable Profit.
TurboTax will ask
you all the necessary questions to determine if you have a profit or loss on
the sale.
