@maps4you wrote:
Then again maybe I am not entitled to reduce it, how would one know that?
I am perplexed in the sense that I am not sure why you are reducing any figure on your 1099-DIV.
The reduction being discussed in this thread is for a nominee distribution. Is that what you are trying to accomplish?
If so, then you should know the amount you received on behalf of another taxpayer and that would be the amount of the reduction.
EDIT: This message was posted before I saw @VolvoGirl's post and my first reaction was also "Huh?".
