topic 1040 Schedule F Line 18 in Business & farm

1040 Schedule F Line 18

cafray11 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:38:26 GMT

Line 18 on 1041 Schedule F is for "Freight". I've been using this to report only freight paid to ship my farm products out. I've been advised that I should also include freight paid on items (fertilizer, etc.) I purchase and have shipped to me. Is this true? Up to now I have been including that as the cost of the incoming item. Schedule F instructions say I should do that for purchased livestock so I figured it should apply to all purchases.

Re: 1040 Schedule F Line 18

Critter-3 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:22:32 GMT

Line 18 is for outbound freight costs. Inbound freight is added to the cost of the purchases or are part of COGS.

Read the form instructions : https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-schedule-f-form-1040

Line 18
Don't include the cost of transportation incurred in purchasing
livestock held for resale as freight paid. Instead, add these costs
to the cost of the livestock.

Re: 1040 Schedule F Line 18

VolvoGirl — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:20:51 GMT

Probably doesn't matter. As long as you expensed it somewhere like including it in the cost.

Re: 1040 Schedule F Line 18

cafray11 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:27:28 GMT

Right. I did read the instructions, which is why I've been including it in the cost of other items purchased for the farm. Looking for validation of my rationale since I've recently heard otherwise.

Re: 1040 Schedule F Line 18

cafray11 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:30:27 GMT

And thanks for the quick replies.

Re: 1040 Schedule F Line 18

Critter-3 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:32:38 GMT

Let's think on this logically ... at no time do you need to separate out the taxes or shipping charges for supplies purchased into separate categories ... not even in a bookkeeping program is this done. If you buy feed for $50 and pay sales taxes of $5 and delivery fee of $5 then your total bill/reciept would be for $60 and that is what you enter under supplies.