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Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets›2025 Returns

1. Gain or Loss

Publication 544 — Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

Topics This chapter discusses:

  • Sales and exchanges,

  • Abandonments,

  • Foreclosures and repossessions,

  • Involuntary conversions,

  • Nontaxable exchanges,

  • Transfers to spouse, and

  • Rollovers, exclusions, and deferrals of certain capital gains.

Useful Items You may want to see:

Publication

523

537

547

550

551

908

4681

523 Selling Your Home

537 Installment Sales

547 Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts

550 Investment Income and Expenses

551 Basis of Assets

908 Bankruptcy Tax Guide

4681 Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repossessions, and Abandonments (for Individuals)

Form (and Instructions)

Schedule D (Form 1040)

Schedule D (Form 1040) Capital Gains and Losses

1040

1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

1040-X

1040-X Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return

1099-A 1099- A cquisition or Abandonment of Secured

Property

1099-C

1099- C ancellation of Debt

4797

8824

8949

4797 Sales of Business Property

8824 Like-Kind Exchanges

8949 Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets

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