Sale of Vacant lot

[DMarkM1]

Yes. 

• Click "Federal Taxes" tab
• Click "Wages & Income" tab
• Find the Investment section
• Click "Update" for the Stocks, bonds, etc...

Now you will see what sales are listed. 

"Edit" the investment account(s) to find what doesn't belong and delete it. If there should be only one sale then delete the entire investment account.  

Then follow the steps outlined in the thread to enter the land sale. 

[tagteam]

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@DMarkM1 wrote:

Then follow the steps outlined in the thread to enter the land sale. 

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That cannot be done, respectfully. The reason being a screen has been removed from the 2020 edition of TurboTax (see screenshots below).

[edstep]

I have reported this as well, they say new forms are coming out.  I think this is a bug but its hard to get to the right people 

I don't believe a tax consultant can get this fixed

[Critter-3]

Since the IRS will not start processing anything until 2/12  there is time for the program fixes ... everyone needs to continue to be patient a while longer. 

[tagteam]

@edstep 

Enter the sales proceeds and your cost basis in the second screen in the message I posted earlier. 

TurboTax (Intuit) has changed the calculation metrics for investment sales and you will only see the screen depicted in which to enter information from your 1099-S.

[Greenyob]

all of the suggested solutions imply that there is a prompt asking what was sold.  This may have existed in  prior year versions of TT but is not there on TT Premier 2020.  How are we supposed to enter sale of land if the only option for what was sold are related to sales reported on form 1099-B?  

The tax laws did not change regarding sale of land for 2020 vs 2019 yet the turbotax program is lacking the required input options.  When will this be updated and corrected?

[tagteam · Accepted solution]

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@Greenyob wrote:

....How are we supposed to enter sale of land if the only option for what was sold are related to sales reported on form 1099-B?  

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Simply indicate that the sale was not reported on Form 1099-B and proceed from that point.

The proper calculations are now done programmatically.

[AmyC]

The sale of land is reported on sch D. 

Go to income section 

1. click on Add More Income

2. scroll down to Investment Income

3. Show more

4. Select  Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other

5. Start:  Continue answering the questions.

1. Select Yes,
2. 1099-B? - Select no
3. Select I'll enter one sale at a time  
4. the boxes appear for your entries for the lot

@Greenyob

[081853gb]

Respond "yes" to Did you sell any investments?  You'll then be asked Did you get a 1099-B or brokerage statement? and you'll answer "no."  Then you'll be shown a list of various investment sales and you'll select "land."

This doesn't happen in my software when I try to enter the sale of a piece of land.  My software goes directly to enter a stock sale.

What do I do?

[tagteam]

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@081853gb wrote:

Respond "yes" to Did you sell any investments?  You'll then be asked Did you get a 1099-B or brokerage statement? and you'll answer "no."  Then you'll be shown a list of various investment sales and you'll select "land."

This doesn't happen in my software when I try to enter the sale of a piece of land.  My software goes directly to enter a stock sale.

What do I do?

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The screens were changed for 2020. Simply enter the information you have in the program as in the directions posted by @AmyC:

4. Select  Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other

5. Start:  Continue answering the questions.

1. Select Yes,
2. 1099-B? - Select no
3. Select I'll enter one sale at a time  
4. the boxes appear for your entries for the lot

[Critter-3]

They have really made this much simpler ...  go to the investment section ...

[tagteam]

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@Critter-3 wrote:

They have really made this much simpler ...  go to the investment section ...

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Amazing! It appears they updated the online versions but have yet to update the desktop versions.

[tlplickebaum]

I am using Turbo Tax for MacOS and the screens do not follow the flow outlined below even after upgrading to the Premier edition which seemed to be a pre-requiste for entering the sale of land.  After answering the question "Did you get a 109-B or a brokerage statement for these sales?" as No, the next screen is "Tell us about this sale".  The list of investment sales where "land" can be selected does not appear.  What is the correct series of steps for TurboTax 2020 Premier edition for MacOS?

[Critter-3]

They have made it too simple this year ...

[tagteam]

Unfortunately, they only made it simple in the online versions.

The desktop versions are still lacking any guidance with respect to the type of investment sold.