Residential Lease Buyout - Rent Controlled Unit

[mehradz]

Hello:

I am wondering how to report a residential lease buyout for a rent controlled unit in San Francisco. Rent controlled units give residents long term rights to habitation preventing eviction unless the tenant fails to pay rent or violates the terms of the lease. There are few exceptions such as if the owner chooses to occupy the unit. 

Is the buyout considered a capital gain or ordinary income if the lease included a long term right to habitation?

[MaryK4]

It would be ordinary income.  You can enter as Miscellaneous Income:

You can enter Under Less Common Income select Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C 

1. On the Let's Work on Any Miscellaneous Income page, select Start to the right of Other reportable income
2. On the Any Other Taxable Income? screen, select Yes
3. On the Other Taxable Income screen enter the description and amount then the amount.  Select Continue
4. On the Other Miscellaneous Income Summary screen, select Done