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I have a tax loss carry forward, which i would prefer not to use this coming year. Does anyone have knowledge of how to handle this inside turbo tax?

 
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I have a tax loss carry forward, which i would prefer not to use this coming year. Does anyone have knowledge of how to handle this inside turbo tax?

Sorry.   You have to report the carryover every year until it's used up. You can't skip a year. Even if you don't report it on your return you have to reduce it by the 3,000 (1,500 MFS) when you carry it over to next year. You can't choose when to use it.

 

This is from the IRS Pub 550 page 66 middle column Capital Loss Carryover:
"When you figure the amount of any capital loss carryover to the next year, you must take the current year's allowable deduction into account, whether or not you claimed it and whether or not you filed a return for the current year. "

Here is pub 550… http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p550.pdf

 

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