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Form 1099-B Worksheet eBay 1099-K

I have a question about this Smart Check Error that I don't quite understand.Screen Shot 2023-04-04 at 5.00.15 PM.pngScreen Shot 2023-04-04 at 5.00.32 PM.png

I got two separate 1099-Ks from eBay Commerce  One my wife uses for her Craft sales but it's in my name and the other I use for selling music equipment that I don't use. I don't quite know how to fix this?

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MarilynG1
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Form 1099-B Worksheet eBay 1099-K

If you are claiming Business Income and Expenses, you would enter your 1099-K in that section, reported on Schedule C. 

 

If you are just selling Personal Items, with no Loss or Gain to report, you can delete your entry under Investments (Schedule B) and enter as follows:

 

  • Income
  • Other Common Income
  • Income from Form 1099-K
  • Start 
  • "Did you get a 1099-K?" YES
  • SELECT PERSONAL ITEM SALES on the "Choose which type of income your 1099-K is for" screen
  • Continue
  • Enter the information from the 1099-K
  • Continue
  • Select "ALL ITEMS WERE SOLD AT A LOSS OR HAD NO GAIN" on the "Personal Item Sales" screen
  • Continue and Done

 

That's all you need to do, there is no income and no loss (personal item sales cannot generate a loss).

 

If you do want to report Gain/Loss you would enter each sale in the Investments section only.  If you entered it in another place in TurboTax, delete that entry, which is causing your error as it trying to link the 1099-B entries to another K-1 entry.  

 

Here's an example:

 

Personal items sold for less than their basis (most likely, the original purchase price) report $0 capital gain on line 7 of the Federal 1040 tax return.

 

Personal items sold for more than their basis report the gain on line 7 of the Federal 1040 tax return.  See this example.

 

                             Selling           Cost

                              Price             Basis

 

Couch                    $500              $2,000        Capital loss on personal item = $0 loss

Jewelry                  $400               $300           Capital gain on personal item = $100 gain

Chair                     $100               $100            No capital gain or loss

 

                               $1,000           $2,400

 

@TB121P 

 

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Form 1099-B Worksheet eBay 1099-K

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