How do I stop TT from using my loss carryover?

[metamotion]

Hello:

I am retired and live off my investments. In 2021 my rental units lost -$7,000 while my financial investments had a short term gain of $9,000, so my total income this year is $2,000. Meanwhile, I just sold the apartments this year (2022) for a healthy gain. TurboTax is using up $9k of my short term capital loss carryovers to reduce my tax for 2021 instead of just letting my standard deduction absorb my paltry earnings. How do I tell the software to save that loss for 2022?

Thanks!

[SweetieJean]

You can't.  That's the way the IRS rules say it must be treated.