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March 3, 2023
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My Federal Tax due is showing -$197,858 which is an error because a property was not sold but exchanged (1031). I tried to erase Form 4797 unsuccessfully.

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I get a message saying Form 4797 successfully deleted, but it still shows up with not changed in the Federal Tax due.  I then erased Form 8824 and still had no effect on the tax due.

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March 3, 2023

You'll need to go in and correct the information you previously entered.

To edit your Section 1031 information TurboTax Online:

  1. If you don’t see 2022 TAXES in the left pane, select the dropdown to the right of Income & Expenses on the Hi, let’s keep working on your taxes! page and then select Let’s get startedPick up where you left off, or Review/Edit. 
    • Otherwise, in the left pane, select Federal, then Wages & Income (This is labelled Income & Expenses in TurboTax Self-Employed)
  2. Scroll down and select the Show more dropdown to the right of Other Business Situations
  3. Select  Revisit to the right of Sale of Business Property
  4. On the  Any Other Property Sales? screen, you most likely have the Any additional like-kind exchanges (section 1031) box checked
    • Unchecking the box won't change what you've input.       Leave the box checked and select Continue
  5. On the  Like-Kind Exchanges screen, select Edit to the right of your exchange item
  6. From here, you can correct any information previously entered.
March 3, 2023

Hi John,

I followed your instructions till I selected Edit to the right of my exchanged property.  The form was blank, so I entered the property data from scratch.  Still couldn't get rid of that pesky -$197,858 for the Federal Tax due!

Moreover, it asks for details about the acquired property, but I exchanged the relinquished property for two properties and there's no provision for more than one.  Thanks for your help.

March 3, 2023

On the like kind property received page I left the address blank because there are two properties, but did add the market value of both properties and entered this in the box provided for like-kind property received.  Even so, the Federal tax due is still showing -$197,858, completely disregarding my 1031 exchange!

Your help is greatly appreciated.  SS