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Get your taxes done using TurboTax
unfortunately they over-designed this with all these drop-downs without understanding about selling options not just buying them.
input them as "one by one" but ignore the 'expired' option and just say it was 'sold'; date acquired is the expiration date; date sold is when you opened the short; proceeds is the premium and cost basis zero; that should give you the correct gain/loss - check outcome on Form 8949.
you may get a question afterwards complaining about the zero cost basis, just say you don't want to adjust it, and check the entry isn't flagged as needing review.
‎October 10, 2025
11:56 AM