Sale of empty home.

[Herb311]

Can I use TT Deluxe to enter the sale of a home I sold but never lived in or rented out? I bought the home for my mother-in-law to live in and I paid all the expenses, she paid nothing. We have mover her into Assisted Living place.

[xmasbaby0 · Accepted solution]

You should get a 1099S for the sale of that house.   You can enter it in desktop Deluxe; if you use online TurboTax you will need Premier.

[Herb311]

I just installed desktop deluxe from my cd disk but I can't find where to input the 1099S information.

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[DoninGA]

The Form 1099-S is not entered on a tax return.  The information from the Form 1099-S is used when reporting the sale of the property.

The home sale is reported in the Investment Income section of the TurboTax program.  Enter it as a second home since it was not your primary home.

To enter an investment sale other than from a brokerage account (1099-B), follow the steps below.

• Click on Federal Taxes (Personal using Home and Business)
• Click on Wages and Income (Personal Income using Home and Business)
• Click on I'll choose what I work on (if shown)
• Under Investment Income
• On Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other, click the start or update button

Or enter investment sales in the Search box located in the upper right of the program screen. Click on Jump to investment sales