JamesG1
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

In TurboTax Desktop Premier version, you may elect to report summary information.  If your brokerage statements include a summary of your transactions, grouped by sales category, for example, Box A short-term covered or Box D long-term covered, you will enter the summary info instead of each individual transaction.  Follow these steps:

 

  • Click on Federal Taxes.
  • Click on Wages & Income.
  • Click on I'll choose what I work on.
  • Under Investment Income, select Start / Update to the right of Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other.
  • Click on Add More Sales.
  • At the screen OK, let's start with one investment type, select Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds and click Continue.
  • At the screen Let us enter your investment sale info, enter the broker information.  Click Continue.
  • At the screen Which bank or brokerage is on your 1099-B, enter broker information.
  • Do these sales include any employee stock, click No.
  • Do you have more than three sales on your 1099-B, click Yes.
  • Do these sales include any other types of investments, click No.
  • Did you buy every investment listed on your 1099-B, click Yes.  Click Continue.
  • At the screen Now choose how to enter your sales, select Sales section totals.  Click Continue.
  • At the screen Look for your sales on your 1099-B, click Continue.
  • At the screen Now, enter one sales total, enter the information taking care to report the correct Sales section title.  Click Continue.
  • At the screen Review your sales section totals, select Add another sales total to continue entering more sales section totals.
  • At the screen How do you plan on submitting your 1099-B to the IRS, you are instructed to mail a paper copy of the IRS form 1099-B to the IRS.
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