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Me + 2 Siblings are selling a home from an estate of my deceased father. We get 3 separate checks of 60,000. Do we file any gain under the Estate or our personal taxes?
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Me + 2 Siblings are selling a home from an estate of my deceased father. We get 3 separate checks of 60,000. Do we file any gain under the Estate or our personal taxes?
You can report the sale of your inherited house in the investment section of TurboTax. Follow these instructions:
- Open your return in TurboTax.
- In the search box in the upper right, search for "sold second home" ) and then click the "Jump to" link in the search results.
- Answer Yes on the page Did You Sell Any Investments in 2018?
- If you land on the page Here's the investment sales info we have so far, choose the blue link Add More Sales.
- Answer No to the 1099-B question.
- On the next screen, select Second Home (choose this also for inherited homes) and Continue.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the interview.
TurboTax will ask you all the necessary questions to determine if you have a profit or loss on the sale.
Note: If you received a 1099-S for the sale of the home, make certain the proceeds are recorded for your share only. If not, contact the payer for a corrected form.
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