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Why is it asking for AMT when doing a loss carryover for home sale?

amymillion
Level 1
I'm amending a 2020 return to include a loss carryover from 2018 and 2019 but Intuit is saying I need to enter AMT amounts before clearing diagnostics.  AMT is not applicable here.  Tax payer is w-2 employee with 37,000 income and taxes were withheld, she received a refund.  She has a loss carryover of $3000 for a total of $15,000 loss in 2018.
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abctax55
Level 15

AMT losses may be the same as regular losses, or they may be different.

Either way, the AMT losses have to be entered.

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BobKamman
Level 15

I'm still trying to figure out how you could have a loss on a home sale.  Maybe it wasn't the taxpayer's home, it was a rental?

abctax55
Level 15

Hmmm Bob.  Good point, I missed the part about a 'home' that is in the subject line.

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