Even though you currently use the home for personal use, since the house was formerly a rental property, you will need to enter the sale as the sale of a business property.
Additionally, when you sell a property that was used as a rental for a gain, you may need to pay 25 percent recapture tax (also referred to as Section 1250 recapture) as well as regular state income tax on the depreciation you claimed. (Remember the IRS will assume that you claimed the correct amount of depreciation every year—this is true regardless of whether you actually claimed any depreciation on your tax return).
To enter sale of business property in TurboTax, log into your tax return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my return") type "sale of business property" in the search bar then select "jump to sale of business property". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information.
had another primary home during 2010 to current. used second home for personal use when not rented.
Even though you currently use the home for personal use, since the house was formerly a rental property, you will need to enter the sale as the sale of a business property.
Additionally, when you sell a property that was used as a rental for a gain, you may need to pay 25 percent recapture tax (also referred to as Section 1250 recapture) as well as regular state income tax on the depreciation you claimed. (Remember the IRS will assume that you claimed the correct amount of depreciation every year—this is true regardless of whether you actually claimed any depreciation on your tax return).
To enter sale of business property in TurboTax, log into your tax return (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here and click on "Take me to my return") type "sale of business property" in the search bar then select "jump to sale of business property". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information.