Get 1998 Instructions 6252

Form 6252 is used to report income from the sale of real or personal property coming from an installment sale. This form is filed by anyone who has realized a gain on the property using the installment method. New rules allow taxpayers to defer part or all of the capital gain into a Qualified Opportunity Fund.

You can't use the installment method to report gain from the sale of inventory or stocks and securities traded on an established securities market. You must report any portion of the gain from the sale of depreciable assets that's ordinary income under the depreciation recapture rules in the year of the sale.

A related party is a member of your family or a business or other entity that you have control over. Further, you may have to file Form 6252 every year until the property is fully paid for—even in years when you don't receive a payment.

Use Form 6252 to report income from an installment sale on the installment method. Generally, an installment sale is a disposition of property where at least one payment is received after the end of the tax year in which the disposition occurs.

A related party is a member of your family or a business or other entity that you have control over. Further, you may have to file Form 6252 every year until the property is fully paid for—even in years when you don't receive a payment.

Installment sales are reported on IRS Form 6252, Installment Sale Income. A separate form should be filed for each asset you sell using this method. You must file this form in the year the sale occurs, and in every later year in which you receive a payment.

The installment method can be used to defer some tax on capital gains, as long as you receive at least one payment for a piece of property after the year of the sale. It can't be used if the sale results in a loss.