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                                              loss carryover to 2021. This could hap-
         Line 9           Fileid: … /i1040schj/2022/a/xml/cycle03/source          tal loss deduction on Schedule D, line 21
                                                                                  (which was also entered on Form 1040,
                                              pen  if  the  taxable  income—shown  on
         If you used Schedule J to figure your tax   your  2020  Form  1040,  1040-SR,  or   line  7),  and  a  $7,000  loss  on  Sched-
         for:                                 Form 1040-NR, line 15 (or as previously   ule D, line 16 (as adjusted). The farmer
            • 2021  (that  is,  you  entered  the   adjusted)—was less than zero. Enter on   also had a $7,000 capital loss carryover
         amount  from  the  2021  Schedule  J,   line  2  the  amount  by  which  your  2020   to 2021.
         line  23,  on  your  2021  Form  1040,   capital loss carryover to 2021 (the sum   The  farmer  adds  the  $3,000  from
         1040-SR, or Form 1040-NR, line 16; or   of your short- and long-term capital loss   Schedule D, line 21, and the $7,000 cap-
         2021  Form  1040-X,  line  6),  enter  on   carryovers)  exceeds  the  excess  of  the   ital loss carryover. The farmer subtracts
         line  9  the  amount  from  your  2021   loss on your 2020 Schedule D, line 16,   from the $10,000 result the $7,000 loss
         Schedule J, line 15; or              over the loss on your 2020 Schedule D,   on  the  Schedule  D,  line  16,  and  enters
            • 2020 but not 2021, enter on line 9   line 21. If you had any NOL carrybacks   $3,000 on line 2 of the worksheet.
         the amount from your 2020 Schedule J,   to 2020, be sure you refigured your 2020   The farmer enters $14,500 on line 3
         line 3.                              capital loss carryover to 2021.     of  the  worksheet,  the  2020  NOL  from
            If you figured your tax for both 2020   Line  3.  If  you  had  an  NOL  for  2020,   their  2020  Form  1045,  Schedule  A,
         and 2021 without using Schedule J, en-  enter the amount of that NOL from the   line 24. Of the $29,900 negative taxable
         ter  on  line  9  the  taxable  income  from   2020  Form  1045,  Schedule  A,  line  24,   income, the $0 deduction for the suspen-
         your  2020  tax  return  (or  as  previously   you  filed  with  Form  1045  or  Form   ded exemptions, the $3,000 capital loss
         adjusted by the IRS or corrected on an   1040-X. If you didn't have an NOL for   deduction,  and  the  farmer’s  $12,400
         amended  return).  But  if  that  amount  is   2020,  enter  the  portion,  if  any,  of  the   standard  deduction  weren’t  allowed  in
         zero or less, complete the worksheet be-  NOL carryovers and carrybacks to 2020   figuring  the  NOL.  The  farmer  had  a
         low  to  figure  the  amount  to  enter  on   that weren't used in 2020 and were car-  $14,500  loss  on  the  2020  Schedule  F,
         line 9.                              ried to years after 2020.           the only other item on the farmer’s 2020
            If  you  didn't  file  a  tax  return  for   Example.  The  farmer  didn't  use  in-  tax return.
         2020,  use  the  amount  you  would  have   come averaging for 2019, 2020, or 2021.   The  farmer  enters  $17,500  (the
         reported as your taxable income had you   The  taxable  income  on  the  farmer’s   $3,000  line  2  amount  plus  the  $14,700
         been  required  to  file  a  tax  return.  Be   2020 Form 1040, line 15, is a negative   line  3  amount)  on  line  4  and  $12,400
         sure  to  keep  all  your  records  for  2020   $29,900.  The  deduction  for  exemptions   (the  $29,900  line  1  amount  minus  the
         until at least 3 years after April 18, 2023   has  been  suspended.  The  farmer  sub-  $17,500  line  4  amount)  on  line  5.  The
         (or  the  date  you  file  your  2022  tax  re-  tracts from the $29,900 loss the $0 de-  farmer  enters  $12,400  as  a  negative
         turn, if later).                     duction  for  the  suspended  exemptions.   amount on Schedule J, line 9. The farm-
                                              The  result  is  a  negative  $29,900,  the   er enters $6,000 on Schedule J, line 10,
         Instructions for 2020 Taxable        farmer’s 2020 taxable income, which the   and  a  negative  $6,200  on  Schedule  J,
         Income Worksheet                     farmer  enters  as  a  positive  amount  on   line 11. If the farmer uses Schedule J to
                                              line  1  of  the  2020  Taxable  Income   figure their tax for 2023, the farmer will
         Line  2.  Any  net  capital  loss  deduction   Worksheet.                enter  the  negative  $6,200  amount  on
         on your 2020 Schedule D, line 21, isn't   When the farmer filed their 2020 tax   their  2023  Schedule  J  as  the  farmer’s
         allowed  for  income  averaging  purposes   return, the farmer had a $3,000 net capi-  2020 taxable income for income averag-
         to the extent it didn't reduce your capital                              ing purposes.
































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