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posted Jan 29, 2025 8:36:46 AM

Is anyone besides me having difficulty with a capital loss carryover from 2023 to offset regular income for 2024? I've never encountered this problem before.

TurboTax is telling me that "$3000 of these losses are deductible this year" but also telling me that "$0" will be deducted for 2024. Is this a bug in the software? After many years of using TurboTax, is it now time for a change?

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Expert Alumni
Jan 29, 2025 9:03:11 AM

Do you have income for the loss to be allocated to? 

It sounds as if the program is telling you that up to $3,000 may be used, but none has been applied at this point. 

Level 15
Jan 29, 2025 10:56:26 AM

On the income page The 2024 column shows the carryover to 2025 (not your current loss for 2024). Schedule D doesn't actually show the carryover amount. To find your Capital Loss Carryover amount you need to look at your return schedule D page 2. Line 16 will be your total loss and line 21 should be a max loss of 3,000. The difference between line 16 and 21 is the carryover loss for next year.

 

Could it be this?
But if you have a negative AGI or negative taxable income it will show up on 1040 BUT it won't reduce the carryover to the next year.