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MindyB
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Sale of inherited house

The sale of the house gets reported on Schedule D & Form 8949, so the information from the 1099-S needs to be entered in the investment section of TurboTax.

 

Here's how to report this in TurboTax Online:

  1. Navigate to Wages & Income > Investments and Savings (1099-B, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-K, Crypto) > Add/Edit
  2. Add Investment
  3. Choose Enter a different way
  4. Choose Investment type of Other
  5. Add a description
  6. You will be asked what type of investment, choose "other". ‌Also, indicate this was inherited.
  7. Proceed to enter the rest of the information.

 

 

 

 

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Sale of inherited house

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Terri Lynn
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Sale of inherited house

Hi MEM6, thank you for your inquiry about a sale of an inherited proerty.

 

In general, you will report your capital gains  or losses,  from inherited property on Form 8949/Schedule D, like other property. However, unlike a personal primary residence, you can claim a capital loss on inherited property, if you sold it and all of these are true:

  • You sold the house in an arm’s length transaction.
  • You sold the house to an unrelated person.
  • You didn’t use the property for personal purposes.
  • You didn’t intend to convert the property to personal use before the sale.

An arm’s length transaction is a transaction where buyers and sellers have no relationship to each other.

You will use the fair market value at the date of death as the basis in the property and you will need to indicate it was an inherited property. You will then report the amount of the  sales price, (minus any seller-paid settlement costs), as the amount realized. If your share of the amount realized is less than your basis, you will then  have a capital loss on your inherited property.

 

Also worth noting, if this property was inherited by multiple individuals, you would divide the basis and realized amounts by the total number of individuals, and only report your individual share.  

For example, if the fair market value of the inherited property were $300,000, and there were 4 of you who inherited it, your basis would be $75,000, and if you sold the property for $600,000, your realized gain would be $150,000, each, and ultimately, you would each then have a  capital gain of $75,000.

 

  • $300,000/4=$75,000, basis 
  • $600,000/4=$150,000, realize gain
  • $150,000-$75,000=$75,000, capital gain

 

For more information check out:

Is this inheritance taxable? 

Gifts and Inheritances 

PUB 551 Basis of Assets 

 

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Terri Lynn

Sale of inherited house

For a home/property that was inherited and immediately sold for FMV, we received a 1099-S.  Where does that get entered in TT Deluxe?

MindyB
Expert Alumni
Intuit Approved! This answer has been verified for accuracy by an Intuit expert employee

Sale of inherited house

The sale of the house gets reported on Schedule D & Form 8949, so the information from the 1099-S needs to be entered in the investment section of TurboTax.

 

Here's how to report this in TurboTax Online:

  1. Navigate to Wages & Income > Investments and Savings (1099-B, 1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099-K, Crypto) > Add/Edit
  2. Add Investment
  3. Choose Enter a different way
  4. Choose Investment type of Other
  5. Add a description
  6. You will be asked what type of investment, choose "other". ‌Also, indicate this was inherited.
  7. Proceed to enter the rest of the information.

 

 

 

 

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