Turbotax website forces me to double deduct

[Brutalm00se]

I bought a $10 item in 2021, and claimed it on my schedule c. In 2022, I sold the item, and in Federal > wages & income > business > inventory, it shows as $10 of Inventory expenses. I did not claim that I bought the item in 2022, I am listing it as starting inventoy sold in 2022. Wow, thats great I get to expense that item twice. Which U.S. law allows me to double expense my inventory?

[BrittanyS]

To clarify, you listed the $10 inventory on your 2021 and it was carried over to your 2022 inventory?  Are you listing the sale of the inventory as cost of goods sold?

[Brutalm00se]

"Are you listing the sale of the inventory as cost of goods sold?"

I'm sorry, I'm not an accountant, could you please help me understand what that means.

[JamesG1]

2021 beginning inventory of $10 minus $10 2021 cost of goods sold expense equals 2021 ending inventory of $0.

2021 ending inventory of $0 becomes 2022 beginning inventory of $0.

@BrittanyS is asking whether the 2021 $10 sale was recorded as cost of goods sold expense or as something else.

These categories are reported at the screen Do you have inventory to report within the self-employment activity

and at the screen Let's get the cost of good sold within the self-employment activity.

@Brutalm00se