You would report the loss as worthless security. Worthless securities are claimed in the year they became worthless. Here is data entry:
The worthless security is entered in the Investment Income section. If you did not receive a 1099-B for this sale, it would still be recorded in the 1099-B section of TurboTax.
You would enter all of the information as though you did have a 1099-B with worthless as the description and December 31, 2021 as date sold.
When entering the information, be sure to select that you did not receive a 1099-B form
You can deduct worthless stock only in the tax year it becomes completely worthless. This normally happens when the corporation files for bankruptcy, stops doing business, and has no assets. Financial difficulties won't make a company's stock worthless unless there's no hope that the company will pull through.
Enter a worthless stock like any stock sale but with a sales price of zero and the word worthless in its description. Enter the correct cost or basis, date acquired, and December 31 as the date sold.
As a follow up, do you just only write "worthless" in the description or write name of stock, shares, etc + "worthless" in description?
What if there is no brokerage name for this as a startup investment? Do I put "None" as Brokerage name as it is required on TT online?