George4Tacks
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06-07-2020
05:30 PM
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Did you follow these steps to enter Amortization?:
- Go to the Input Return tab.
- Navigate to the Depreciation quick entry screen:
- Individual, Fiduciary, or Corporate: Deductions > Depreciation
- Partnership or S Corporate: Ordinary Income > Depreciation (4562)
- Exempt Organization: Expenses > Depreciation
- Enter a Description of property.
- Select the appropriate Form from the drop-down list.
- In the Category field, select 8=Amortization.
- For Date placed in service, enter the date that the expense occurred.
- For Cost or basis, enter the amount of start-up cost or organizational expenditure.
- Click inside of the Method field to open the drop-down list.
- Select Nonrecovery methods, then press 91: Straight Line.
- Click the Details button.
- Scroll down to the Regular Depreciation subsection.
- Enter the desired number of years in Life or class life (recovery period automatic).
- Select the appropriate Amortization code section from the list.
- Enter the actual expensed amount (up to $5,000) in the Basis reduction (amortizable costs expensed, ITC, etc.) field.
If you did and it still isn't working, add a comment with your info - Date in service - amount - # years, etc.
Answers are easy. Questions are hard!