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How to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares which came up after wash sale
I have a series of wash sales & associated replacement sales.
I have manually entered the wash sales by filling in the 1g with wash sale value disallowed.
Now, if I am not wrong, I can recover this loss when I sell the replacement shares (which I did).
Should I just add the deferred loss to the cost basis of the replacement shares?
What if I have multiple replacement shares & those are wash sales too?
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June 3, 2019
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How to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares which came up after wash sale
you are on the right track. If your replacement shares are a wash, keep going applying the rule.
Your broker will calculate wash sales for you, and I spent a lot of time trying to understand what they did with my account i.e selection of replacement shares.
In the end I just reported the wash sales as shown on my 1099-B.
June 3, 2019
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How to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares which came up after wash sale
Thank for your response. I did talk to my broker & they confirmed your point!
Now I have one more question.
My 1099-B did all the magic to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares & reported my final gain/loss as a loss. However, when I import my 1099-B to turbotax, I only see the gains added to my income but the loss isnt covered (shown as 0 even for replacement shares). I looked into the specific wash sales entries & see that they do have 1g column added (for wash sale) but none of those deferred losses are accounted in the final income.
Do I have to specifically do anything to mention that the sale is a wash sale + replacement sale?
Now I have one more question.
My 1099-B did all the magic to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares & reported my final gain/loss as a loss. However, when I import my 1099-B to turbotax, I only see the gains added to my income but the loss isnt covered (shown as 0 even for replacement shares). I looked into the specific wash sales entries & see that they do have 1g column added (for wash sale) but none of those deferred losses are accounted in the final income.
Do I have to specifically do anything to mention that the sale is a wash sale + replacement sale?
June 3, 2019
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How to adjust the cost basis for replacement shares which came up after wash sale
Your wash sale transactions should be itemized as Code W on Form 8949 with a net of zero (usually zero, may be some loss allowed).
Your loss is accounted, since your other transactions on Schedule D had their basis adjusted (may not show on this year's return)..
Your loss is accounted, since your other transactions on Schedule D had their basis adjusted (may not show on this year's return)..
June 3, 2019
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