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New Member
posted Jun 5, 2019 4:40:52 PM

Where do i enter a 1099-S form from the sale of inherited property

The property was split between 2 other siblings. Do I enter the full amount or a third of the amount?

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New Member
Jun 5, 2019 4:40:53 PM

You will each need to report your proportion share of the gain on your individual income tax returns as the sale of a capital asset.

Click this link for further information about reporting the sale of a capital asset

  • To enter this transaction in TurboTax, log into your tax return  (for TurboTax Online sign-in, click Here  and click on "Take me to my return") and type "investment income (gains and losses)" in the search bar then select "jump to investment income (gains and losses)". TurboTax will guide you in entering this information (see step 6 below) 

Alternatively, To enter this transaction in TurboTax Online or Desktop, please follow these steps:

  1. Once you are in your tax return, click on the “Federal Taxes” tab ("Personal" tab in TurboTax Home & Business)
  2. Next click on “Wages & Income” ("Personal Income" in TurboTax Home & Business)
  3. Next click on “I’ll choose what I work on” (jump to full list or show more income)
  4. Scroll down the screen until to come to the section “Investment Income”
  5. Choose “Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other” and select “start’ (or “update” is you have already worked on this section)
  6. The first screen will ask if you sold any investments during the current tax year (This includes any sale of real property held as an investment property so answer “yes” to this question)
  7. Since you did not receive a 1099-B, answer “no” to the 1099-B question
  8. Choose type of investment you sold - select everything else
  9. Some basic information:
    1. Description –  Usually the address of the property sold
    2. Sales Proceeds – Your proportionate share of the net proceeds from the sale (your portion of 1099-S amount received for the property)
    3. Date Sold – Date you sold the property (on 1099-S)
  10. Tell us how you acquired the property - inheritance
  11. Enter the date inherited
  12. Enter the your fair market value - Your proportionate share of the Fair Market Value of the property at the time of inheritance plus any capital improvements since inheriting it 
  13. If you had a loss, on the question of "Did you use this property for business or investment?" If the inherited house was not used for any personal use (no family member lived in it or used it between the time of inheritance and the sale), you will answer that this was for investment

Click IRS answers on Gifts and Inheritance for more information from the IRS on the sale of an inherited property.


New Member
Jun 5, 2019 4:40:55 PM

none of these questions are addressed in Turbo tax.  there is no way to get to a 1099s for the sale of inherited property

New Member
Jun 5, 2019 4:40:56 PM

I had a very rough time finding where to enter information (1099S -sale of land) that would appear on the 4797 part 1 also.  Under "Businees" --"Business Income and Expense" -- "Less Common Business Situations" -- "Any other property sales" and check the first box.

Returning Member
Feb 19, 2020 6:47:31 AM

I did not receive a 1099S form from the sale of inherited property.  I had a gain from the sale.  Am I required to file since I  have not received a 1099 form?