If you received Form 1099-C Cancellation of Debt and are eligible to exclude a canceled debt from your income because of any of the following, file Form 982 Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness (and Section 1082 Basis Adjustment) with your return (note that if you did not receive a Form 1099-C from the lender, you should not have any canceled debt income and should not need to file Form 982):
The cancellation is intended as a gift
The debt is qualified farm debt (see chapter 3 of Publication 225Farmer's Tax Guide)
The debt is qualified real property business debt (see chapter 5 of Publication 334Tax Guide for Small Business)
You are insolvent or bankrupt (see Publication 908Bankruptcy Tax Guide)
To enter Form 1099-C information in your TaxAct® return:
From within your TaxAct return (Online or Desktop) click on the Federal tab. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal
Click Other Income to expand the category, then click Cancellation of Debt (Form 1099-C)
The program will proceed with the interview questions for you to enter or review the appropriate information
If you qualify for this exclusion, you would use Form 982 to report the exclusion of the canceled debt. Form 982 will follow the 1099-C interview.
See IRS Publication 4681Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions, and Abandonments for more information.
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