Thank you. I spoke at length with Schwab, the broker. They said that these are principal payments from short term sales generated by the trust, not me. It generated cash for the trust. I didn't receive any of it. I was told that I need to contact a tax expert because they do not give out any tax advice so I'm trying here. Turbo tax won't work here because I have no cost basis. He also said that the sale actually reduces the cost basis in the fund which of course increases my capital gain when I sell. This is not something I've ever had with this ETF in the 6 years we've owned it. I don't know how to deal with it. There is no separate 1099 B just for this, it came in a Composite 1099... it has dates sold for each month of 2024 with no dates acquired.
SHORT-TERM TRANSACTIONS FOR WHICH BASIS IS MISSING AND NOT REPORTED TO THE IRS - Report on Form 8949, in either Part I with Box B checked or Part II with Box E checked, as appropriate.
1a-Description of property
(Example 100 sh. XYZ Co.)
CUSIP Number / Symbol **
1b-Date
acquired/
1c-Date
sold or
disposed
1d-Proceeds
6-Reported to IRS:
Gross Proceeds
(except where indicated)
