A cash in lieu transaction is reported the same way as any stock transaction. It is just the sale of fractional share of stock, usually as a result of a split or merger.
This is how to enter it in TurboTax manually:
- Open your return and select Federal on the left side menu.
- Select Wages & Income.
- Scroll down, or expand the list and find Investments and Savings (1099-B, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-K, Crypto), expand the section and click Start or Revisit to the right of Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other (1099-B).
- Scroll down and select + Add investments.
- Click Continue.
- Select Enter a different way, at the bottom.
- Select Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds (options, index funds, ETFs).
- Click Continue.
- Enter the name of the stock or broker, click Continue.
- Answer the questions about the stock.
- On the screen Now, choose how to enter your sales, select One by one, click Continue twice.
- Enter the information from your 1099-B. For Sales section, you should see that listed above the transaction you are entering. For What type of investment did you sell? choose stock.
- Click Continue, then None of these apply and Continue twice.
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