Form 4797

Department of the Treasury 

Internal Revenue Service

Sales of Business Property 

(Also Involuntary Conversions and Recapture Amounts

Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2))

▶ Attach to your tax return.

▶ Information about Form 4797 and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form4797.

OMB No. 1545-0184

2012

Attachment 

Sequence No. 27

Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

1 Enter the gross proceeds from sales or exchanges reported to you for 2012 on Form(s) 1099-B or 1099-S (or 

substitute statement) that you are including on line 2, 10, or 20 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . 1

Part I Sales or Exchanges of Property Used in a Trade or Business and Involuntary Conversions From Other 

Than Casualty or Theft—Most Property Held More Than 1 Year (see instructions)

2 (a) Description

of property

(b) Date acquired

(mo., day, yr.)

(c) Date sold

(mo., day, yr.)

(d) Gross

sales price

(e) Depreciation

allowed or

allowable since 

acquisition

(f) Cost or other

basis, plus

improvements and

expense of sale

(g) Gain or (loss) 

Subtract (f) from the

sum of (d) and (e)

3 Gain, if any, from Form 4684, line 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4 Section 1231 gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 26 or 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

5 Section 1231 gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

6 Gain, if any, from line 32, from other than casualty or theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

7 Combine lines 2 through 6. Enter the gain or (loss) here and on the appropriate line as follows: . . . . . . . 7

Partnerships (except electing large partnerships) and S corporations. Report the gain or (loss) following the

instructions for Form 1065, Schedule K, line 10, or Form 1120S, Schedule K, line 9. Skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.

Individuals, partners, S corporation shareholders, and all others. If line 7 is zero or a loss, enter the amount from 

line 7 on line 11 below and skip lines 8 and 9. If line 7 is a gain and you did not have any prior year section 1231 

losses, or they were recaptured in an earlier year, enter the gain from line 7 as a long-term capital gain on the 

Schedule D filed with your return and skip lines 8, 9, 11, and 12 below.

8 Nonrecaptured net section 1231 losses from prior years (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

9 Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0-. If line 9 is zero, enter the gain from line 7 on line 12 below. If line 

9 is more than zero, enter the amount from line 8 on line 12 below and enter the gain from line 9 as a long-term 

capital gain on the Schedule D filed with your return (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Part II Ordinary Gains and Losses (see instructions)

 10 Ordinary gains and losses not included on lines 11 through 16 (include property held 1 year or less): 

11 Loss, if any, from line 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ( )

12 Gain, if any, from line 7 or amount from line 8, if applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

13 Gain, if any, from line 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

14 Net gain or (loss) from Form 4684, lines 31 and 38a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

15 Ordinary gain from installment sales from Form 6252, line 25 or 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

16 Ordinary gain or (loss) from like-kind exchanges from Form 8824. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

17 Combine lines 10 through 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

18 For all except individual returns, enter the amount from line 17 on the appropriate line of your return and skip lines a 

and b below. For individual returns, complete lines a and b below:

a If the loss on line 11 includes a loss from Form 4684, line 35, column (b)(ii), enter that part of the loss here. Enter the part 

of the loss from income-producing property on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 28, and the part of the loss from property 

used as an employee on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 23. Identify as from “Form 4797, line 18a.” See instructions . . 18a

b Redetermine the gain or (loss) on line 17 excluding the loss, if any, on line 18a. Enter here and on Form 1040, line 14 18b

For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 13086I Form 4797 (2012)
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Part III Gain From Disposition of Property Under Sections 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, and 1255 

(see instructions)

19 (a) Description of section 1245, 1250, 1252, 1254, or 1255 property: (b) Date acquired

(mo., day, yr.)

(c) Date sold (mo., 

day, yr.)

A

B

C

D

These columns relate to the properties on lines 19A through 19D. ▶

Property A Property B Property C Property D

20 Gross sales price (Note: See line 1 before completing.) . 20

21 Cost or other basis plus expense of sale . . . . . 21

22 Depreciation (or depletion) allowed or allowable. . . 22

23 Adjusted basis. Subtract line 22 from line 21. . . . 23

24 Total gain. Subtract line 23 from line 20 . . . . . 24

25 If section 1245 property:

a Depreciation allowed or allowable from line 22 . . . 25a

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 25a . . . . . . 25b

26 If section 1250 property: If straight line depreciation was used, 

enter -0- on line 26g, except for a corporation subject to section 291.

a Additional depreciation after 1975 (see instructions) . 26a

b Applicable percentage multiplied by the smaller of line 

24 or line 26a (see instructions) . . . . . . . 26b

c Subtract line 26a from line 24. If residential rental property 

or line 24 is not more than line 26a, skip lines 26d and 26e 26c

d Additional depreciation after 1969 and before 1976. . 26d

e Enter the smaller of line 26c or 26d . . . . . . 26e

f Section 291 amount (corporations only) . . . . . 26f

g Add lines 26b, 26e, and 26f. . . . . . . . . 26g

27 If section 1252 property: Skip this section if you did not

dispose of farmland or if this form is being completed for a

partnership (other than an electing large partnership).

a Soil, water, and land clearing expenses . . . . . 27a

b Line 27a multiplied by applicable percentage (see instructions) 27b

c Enter the smaller of line 24 or 27b . . . . . . 27c

28 If section 1254 property:

a Intangible drilling and development costs, expenditures 

for development of mines and other natural deposits, 

mining exploration costs, and depletion (see 

instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28a

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 28a . . . . . . 28b

29 If section 1255 property:

a Applicable percentage of payments excluded from 

income under section 126 (see instructions) . . . . 29a

b Enter the smaller of line 24 or 29a (see instructions) . 29b

Summary of Part III Gains. Complete property columns A through D through line 29b before going to line 30.

30 Total gains for all properties. Add property columns A through D, line 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

31 Add property columns A through D, lines 25b, 26g, 27c, 28b, and 29b. Enter here and on line 13 . . . . . . 31

32 Subtract line 31 from line 30. Enter the portion from casualty or theft on Form 4684, line 33. Enter the portion from 

other than casualty or theft on Form 4797, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Part IV Recapture Amounts Under Sections 179 and 280F(b)(2) When Business Use Drops to 50% or Less 

(see instructions)

(a) Section 

179

(b) Section 

280F(b)(2)

33 Section 179 expense deduction or depreciation allowable in prior years. . . . . . . . 33

34 Recomputed depreciation (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

35 Recapture amount. Subtract line 34 from line 33. See the instructions for where to report . . 35

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