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posted Feb 24, 2024 1:05:29 PM

Sale rented condo using turbotax premier 2023

Looks like sothing wrong with the calculation.

I sold my rented condo in 2023. I own it for 2 years. It sold for $122,000, cost $109,591.

The gain is $ 12,619. I put the data into the turbox tax premier, I got gain $35,631 on my premier working sheet. It is much more than I should get. I try to change the cost  as sold price ($122,000, that mearn i should not get any gain), but i still gain more than $20K.

I try to delet the condo item, not sale,but i still got more than $20K gain. I have noway to delet the gain.

What is wrong with my operation? 

I use turbox tax more than 10 years, it works very good.

This is my first time use it for sale a rented condo.

Plese help.

zts1

 

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Expert Alumni
Feb 24, 2024 1:14:04 PM

The information below will help you enter the sale appropriately and should get you on your way.  Keep in mind that any depreciation expensed will create a reduction in cost basis and contribute to possible gain.

 

The selling price should be prorated for each asset then entered for each asset when you indicate they were sold or disposed of. You will not lose the remaining depreciation because you will use the remaining basis against the selling price to determine gain or loss. 

To figure out the selling price for each asset:

  1. Take the current basis of each asset against the total combined basis of all of your assets to figure out the sales price for each one; OR 
  2. Determine a fair market value for each asset against the total value of all assets to figure out the sale price for each one. 

Use the original cost of each asset listed on depreciation, add those together then divide each one by the combined total to find the percentage of the cost for each asset.  Use that percentage times the sales price and sales expenses to find the selling price/sales expenses for each asset. (Choices would also be fair market value on the date of the sale or adjusted basis on the date of the sale, which is cost less depreciation.)

 

Example:  Original Cost (of each asset on your depreciation schedule)

$10,000 Land                = 13.33% 

$50,000 House              = 66.67%

$15,000 Improvements  = 20%

$75,000 Total                 = 100%

 

Multiply each percentage times the sales price/sales expenses to arrive at each individual sales price/sales expense.

 

I hope this example provides clarification to enter your sale. If you have not used TurboTax, enter each asset exactly as it appears on your prior year return.

 

You need to dispose of the property by telling TurboTax how and when it was disposed of.  Follow the instructions below.

  1. Click on Wages & Expenses
  2. Scroll to Rental properties and royalties, click Edit/Add or Start/Revisit
  3. Do you want to review your rental?, click Yes
  4. Under Rent and Royalty Summary, click Edit
  5. Click Update to the right of Assets/Depreciation.
  6. Do you want to go directly to your asset summary?, click Yes and Continue
  7. Click Edit to the right of each asset to be disposed of/sold
  8. Go through several screens until you get to Tell Us More About This Rental Asset
  9. Click on This item was sold…….   And continue to answer the questions

You might also review information here.