schedule D posted on the tax form $5000 says it can post no more than $1500 It's on line 7

[Monkey Boy]

I'm using Turbo Tax

[Monkey Boy]

Any ideas? 

[fanfare]

your filing status is MFS.

This limits your deduction this year to $1,500.

the rest is carried forward to next year

@Monkey Boy 

[JamesG1]

Are you filing married filing separately?

Instructions for Schedule D (page D-4) states:

Capital Losses 

You can deduct capital losses up to the amount of your capital gains plus $3,000 ($1,500 if married filing separately). You may be able to use capital losses that exceed this limit in future years. 

@Monkey Boy 

[Monkey Boy]

Yes yes but what in saying it won't let me manually change it to $1500

[BillM223]

Please clarify what you are talking about.

1. Are you referring to line 7 on the 1040?

2. Are you saying that Schedule D has $5,000 on line 7 or 15?

3. Are you saying that the $1,500 is actually a -$1,500?

4. What are you trying to change to $1,500? the 1040 or Schedule D or something else altogether?

[Monkey Boy]

Line 7 on schedule D has $5000 entered on it. Turbo Tax did it. Turbo tax then tells me that I can not have more than $1500 on that line. I can not figure out how to change it to that amount. Highlighting and backspacing does not work so that I can not manually rectify the problem they caused. 

[InHisName]

I looked at my D line 7.  That is the total of all losses and gains for short term.  No $ sign shows with my numbers. So, does yours show 5,000 or -5,000.  

The 1,500 limit does not come into play until line 21 on schedule D.

Is your line 7 not really on schedule D but a different form.  i.e. Sched D worksheet, etc.

[AmyC]

The program uses far fewer words to convey the message. The program is actually telling you: the amount on line 7 is the actual amount of loss but you are not able to claim the full amount, a limitation will be applied on line 21. In addition, you will have a carryover with another form. 

You don't want to change line 7 that the program calculated. 

You want to look down to line 21 for the actual limitation and you want to see the worksheet Cap Ls Carryfwd is in your forms with the remainder of the money.