I owned a piece of land that I held for investment. I sold it at a loss. How do I report that?

TurboTax Online editions -
To enter an investment sale other than from a brokerage account (1099-B), follow the steps below.

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Under Investment Income
• On Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other, click the start or update button

Or enter investment sales in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to investment sales

On the screen Did you sell stocks, mutual funds, bonds, or other investments in 2021? click on Yes

On the screen OK, what type of investments did you sell? click on Other and then on Continue

Continue past the screen Tell us more about this sale

On the screen Now we’ll walk you through entering your sale details, select the type of investment sold in the dropdown on What type of investment did you sell?

Continue with this section until it completes.

TurboTax desktop editions -
To enter an investment sale other than from a brokerage account (1099-B), follow the steps below.

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Under Investment Income
• On Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other, click the start or update button

Or enter investment sales in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to investment sales

On the next screen click on Yes
On the next screen click on No

The loss is deductible if you solf the land for less than its cash basis.  You can use the loss to offset capital gains.  You can use up to $3000 to offset income from other sources in the same year.