I am helping someone prepare their taxes. Here's the situation. In tax year 2004 she had approximately $6,000 in short-term Capital Loss Carryover from losses in stocks. In tax year 2005 she had very little income, and was not required to file, so she did not file at all. Here's the problem, for 2006 she has approximately $30,000 in Capital Gains from the sale of some property. What I would like to do is use the $6,000 Capital loss from 2004 and use it to offset some of the 2006 gain. My understanding is you can carryover losses to future years to offset gains. I am using tax software(Turbo Tax) and it asks to enter Capital Loss Carryover from 2005. Since she did not file in 2005, there is no carryover. The carryover is from 2004. My questions are this, can I somehow apply that carryover loss from 2004 on her 2006 return? How would I go about this? Does the IRS requires carryover losses to be used in consecutive years?
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2007-03-30
16:00:01
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Tom S
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