How to report selling a house inherited from an irrevocable trust

[mce0595]

My son inherited a house from his grandmother's irrevocable trust. He executed a quit claim deed and gave the house to his mother, my wife. My wife sold the house within a few months. How do I report this sale on our 2024 tax return?

[ThomasM125 · Accepted solution]

You would report it as an investment sale. You enter investment sales in the Wages and Income section of TurboTax, then Investments Sales, then Stocks, cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, etc... Skip the section where it asks if you want to upload your tax documents. Choose Other and Second Home as the type of investment you want to enter. You'll come to a screen where you can enter in your sales proceeds and cost basis:

The cost basis would be the cost basis your son had, which would be the fair market value of the house when his grandmother died, unless it is sold for less than that in which case it would be the fair market value when you took possession of it.