House sale write off

[Insignia]

I recently sold my home and had fixed the house up quite a bit during my time living their with improvements. Is there a tax form that I put for all the cost of the upgrades and fix up on the tax paper or is it just a total amount I put in for the fixing and where do I attach the receipts for them and the papers I got from donating my things was quite a lot this year since it was 40 years of my things that I had to donate due to moving to another state where do I put that in and how do I add them up or is it total and where do I put the paper of the donation? Also the house I got was a bank owned the the owner before gutted everything from sinks to garage opener machine and had leaking pipes that needed to be replaced do those go in the tax also?  Also is it true that the uhal ubox rental and storage of my things and shipped to me half way across the country can be written off for my move if it is where do I put that in the tax form. Also before the sale I had a lien on the property that I payed off before selling the property is there a form to submit that because I couldn't sell the home until that was taken off.

[LJane29]

For all the receipts/documentation on the home improvements and donations - these are not sent in with the tax return itself but you are required to provide proof of it all if the IRS questions any of the numbers.

Turbo Tax will walk you thru all the places to enter the amounts in the program for:

Sale of Home:  you'll enter in how much you paid for the house and costs of improvements and then how much you sold the house for and any costs associated with the sale.

For the lien you paid off it would depend on what the lien was for, if it was a standard mortgage then that is not something that can be included (you owed money and put the house up as collateral)

Donation of items:  you'll enter (by each receipt received from the charity) when you donated, what you donated, to whom it was donated and the fair market value (what the charity will sell the item for)

For Moving:  Moving expenses are no longer deductible (outside of military moves) on the federal return but may be deductible on you state return.

[Insignia]

So for moving state returns what part am I able to detect from? The renting of the uboxes? Transportation to the holding place? Transportation to moving to the new state from the old one? Like what can I deduct?

[LJane29 · Accepted solution]

This article does a great job with a great list: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/jobs-and-career/guide-to-irs-form-3903-moving-expenses/L6CwmGm3...

[Insignia]

it says moving cost is only before 2018 right? Now in 2022 you cant clam it anymore?

[DoninGA]

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@Insignia wrote:

it says moving cost is only before 2018 right? Now in 2022 you cant clam it anymore?

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Moving expenses are not deductible on a federal tax return, unless you are active military under permanent change of station orders, due to the tax code changes in effect for tax years 2018 thru 2025.