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different brokers might present info differently.
the usual way a broker would handle a sale that creates a wash sale loss is to report the sales price, cost and wash sale amount which would reduce the loss.
there is also a situation where multiple lots are sold at one time. one lot results in a wash sale the others do not. there is an overall gain on sale so the wash sale amount will increase the realized gain
example lot A sales price 3900 cost 3800 is a wash sales so wash sale loss amount 100 resulting in no realized loss
lot b sales price 3900 cost sales price 3600 realized gain 200
broker reports sales price 7800 cost 7400 wash sale 100 realized gain 100
generally the wash sale loss is added to the cost basis of the replacement securities
we can't see what you're looking at so can't say if there's an issue with broker reporting
however, in the many years since loss sale reporting has been required every broker statement I've seen showed the following when there was a wash sale
sales price x
cost y
wash sale amount z As a positive number
realized gain or loss x-y+z
if you think the broker is misreporting you'll have to talk to them
for TT it shouldn't matter if in the 1099B worksheet sales price, cost and wash sale amount as a positive number are entered. TT calculates the gain from these numbers.
note that many brokers report accrued market discount (line 1f on 1099b) which shows up on line 8a in TT
in the same column as wash sales (line 1g on 1099b). how do you know which it is! well on my statements sales are reported on 2 lines. if there is an amount for 1f or 1g 1f is on the first line and 1g is on the second line