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September 16, 2022
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Schedule D and form 8949

  • September 16, 2022
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I invested part of my 2020 401(k) retirement income in a mutual fund. I failed to correctly identify this in my 2020 form 1040 filing and the IRS tells me I need to complete Schedule D and Form 8949. How can I use TurboTax to generate these forms?

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    Level 15
    September 16, 2022

    Did you file online? Can you log in to your account?

     

    You can always download the forms from the IRS web site.

     

    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f1040sd--2020.pdf

     

    https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f8949--2020.pdf

    Level 2
    September 16, 2022

    Yes, I did file electronically and I can login to my IRS account. I have downloaded the forms and instructions, but they are asking about the sale of property or stocks of which I did neither. I simply reinvested part of my 401(k) retirement income in a mutual fund. 

     

    Thanks for your reply.

    Critter-3
    Level 15
    September 16, 2022

    What happens inside a 401K is not reported on an income tax return.   So do you have a broker's account outside of a retirement plan or IRA that you had sales in it ?   If so the broker will issue you a 1099-B for the sales that is reported on the personal return on form 8949 and the Sch D.