Where do I get the 1099-S?

[Phillip1 · Accepted solution]

Form 1099-S is generally provided by a title company after the sale of real estate. If there was a property sale this year, contact the title company that you closed with to see if the filed a Form 1099-S. You can check with the IRS much later in the year (near the October extended deadline) after the 2017 wage and income transcripts are available.

[Shanti1]

Do I need to submit this 1099-S to the IRS. These were proceeds from the sale of my mother's home as an inheritance. The Escrow Company sent it to me.

[dogjudy]

never received 1099-S

[Vanessa A]

You would get it from the realtor that you sold the house through. 

You can still report the sale of your home even without the 1099-S by doing the following:

If it was a home you lived in you would enter the sale by clicking on the following:

• Federal
• Income
• Show more next to Less Common Income
• Start next to sale of your main home
• Then walk through and enter the amount your portion of the sale and expenses

If this was an investment property, you would enter it by clicking the following:

• Federal
• Income
• Show More next to Investment Income
• Start next to Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B) 
• Then walk through the questions and enter your share of the sale and expenses.