Thank you again @JosephS1 !
The 1099-B Instructions page does not clear out my confusion 😕.
You mentioned "2 separate 1099-B's" in cases of box E checked and box B checked. If the broker sends different copies of 1099-B to me with the cost basis and to the IRS without it, then I am cleared as why I am reported the cost basis, but not the IRS. From the beginning of this conversion, I assumed that the same copy of 1099-B form is always sent to both me and the IRS. Am I right now 😊, or not really?
