The home had a Fair Market value of $145,000 at the time of her death and I sold the house a few months later for $145,000 and I received a 1099s for the $145,000. Because my mother was on Medicaid a Medicaid Recovery of $114,000 was deducted a closing.
On form 8949 I'm entering Proceeds (sales price) $145,000
Cost or other basis $145,000
Amount of adjustment (closing cost and real estate commission) $12,137
So this shows a loss of $12,137
First question Is this how I should be entering the sale?
Second am I also able to claim the Medicaid Recovery as an adjustment?
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@emm64 wrote:First question Is this how I should be entering the sale?
Second am I also able to claim the Medicaid Recovery as an adjustment?
Yes.
No.
I'm sorry for your loss!
You can enter the sale of your mother's home using these steps:
If you sell an inherited home for less than its stepped-up basis (the value on the date your mother died), you have a capital loss that can be deducted (assuming you don't use the home as your personal residence). However, only $3,000 of such losses can be deducted against your ordinary income per year. Any excess must be carried over to future years to be deducted.
AmeliesUncle is correct in that the Medicaid recovery can not be used as an adjustment.
[EDITED | 1/15/2020 3:58pm PST]
@Irene2805 wrote:
- Continue through the screens, entering the requested information. Consider the property a "second home" and indicate that you inherited it.
Unfortunately, capital losses on the sale of a second home are not deductible.
If I remember correctly, the courts have repeated said the loss from an inherited home is deductible (assuming no personal use). So DON'T report it as a "second home".
You are correct in the treatment of an inherited property--I was thinking of a different scenario. I have edited my original answer. Thank you!
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