How do I report a sale of a stock

It depends, did you receive a 1099-B to report the stock sale, or are you entering the stock sale with out a 1099-B?

Here are instructions to enter the sale of a stock with a 1099-B:

•  Click on Income & Investments
• Scroll to Investments and Savings and click on Start (or Edit or Review)
• Click on Add Investments. And then Continue on the next page
•  Choose to Enter a different way
• Pick Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds and Continue
• Which bank or brokerage sent you a 1099-B for these sales?, Enter name of brokerage, and Continue
• Answer questions on next page and Continue
• Now, Choose how to enter your sales, One by one, Continue
• Continue past the page Look for your sales on your 1099-B
• You can enter your sales on the next page.

Continue with the information for your sales

To enter the information without a 1099-B:

• In TurboTax, click on Wages and Income
• Scroll down to Investment Income
• Choose Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other and select Start or Update
• The first screen will ask if you sold any investments during the year, answer yes
• Did you get a 1099-B or a brokerage statement for these sales? Answer No
• Tell us about the sale, Click I'll enter one sale at a time
• The drop-down boxes can be filled out with the details of the stock sale