Publication 544
taxmap/pubs/p544-019.htm#en_us_publink100072663Use Form 4797 to report gain or loss from a sale, exchange, or
involuntary conversion of property used in your trade or business or that is
depreciable or amortizable. You can use Form 4797 with Forms 1040, 1065, 1120,
or 1120S.
taxmap/pubs/p544-019.htm#en_us_publink100072664Show any section 1231 gains and losses in Part I. Carry a net
gain to Schedule D (Form 1040) as a long-term capital gain. Carry a net loss to
Part II of Form 4797 as an ordinary loss.
If you had any nonrecaptured net section 1231 losses from the
preceding 5 tax years, reduce your net gain by those losses and report the
amount of the reduction as an ordinary gain in Part II. Report any remaining
gain on Schedule D (Form 1040). See
Section 1231 Gains and Losses
in chapter 3.
taxmap/pubs/p544-019.htm#en_us_publink100072665Show any ordinary gains and losses in Part II. This includes
a net loss or a recapture of losses from prior years figured in Part I of Form
4797. It also includes ordinary gain figured in Part III.
taxmap/pubs/p544-019.htm#en_us_publink100072666Figure the ordinary income from depreciation on personal property
and additional depreciation on real property (as discussed in chapter 3) in Part
III. Carry the ordinary income to Part II of Form 4797 as an ordinary gain.
Carry any remaining gain to Part I as section 1231 gain, unless it is from a
casualty or theft. Carry any remaining gain from a casualty or theft to Form
4684.