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February 5, 2025
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I have a Capital Loss Carryover from 2023. I have entered this into TurboTax and it should reflect an entry of (3000) on my 1040 Line 7. Why is it not showing on 1040?

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    February 5, 2025

    It almost surely is.  Capital loss carryover is initially entered on your Schedule D.  If you have no current-year capital gains or losses, your carryover amount will appear on line 7 of Form 1040

     

    However, if you have current-year capital gains or losses, the carryover will be considered in the Schedule D computation, along with those gains or losses.

     

    When you input your capital loss carryover data into the TurboTax program, it will generate on line 6 of your Schedule D if it's a short-term carryover, or line 14 if it's a long-term carryover.

     

    See the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet—Lines 6 and 14  in the 2024 Instructions for Schedule D for more information.

     

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    wfc23Author
    February 6, 2025

    The capital loss carryover should result in a capital loss of $3000 on Line 7 of the 1040. I calculated the capital loss by hand using the IRS instructions. TurboTax shows 0 capital loss on Line 7.

    fanfare
    Employee
    February 7, 2025

    if your 2024 SELL transactions used up your carryover, you won't get any loss deductions

    In that case, Line 7 would be positive.

     

    break even to exactly -0- is a rare occurrence.

     

    @wfc23