OK, I will send the paper forms as you suggest.
But it is still a mystery to me. I did recheck, as you suggested, that I did not (for some accidental reason) select the option to aggregate some or all transactions. Each TT 1099-B worksheet does allow such an option - aggregate some and report some transaction by transaction.
All my transactions are exactly as reported by the brokerage firm - no aggregations anywhere accidental or on purpose. It's purely transaction by transaction.
Is the 8453 generated by TT? It must be because it's done before the return is e-filed and before the return is accepted by the IRS.
If this is correct, I will guess that TT did so because it got confused over the entry of "various" for "date acquired" which is a 100% valid entry and exactly as the brokerage firm reported it on its 1099-B, though each individual sale is listed line by line. Each with its individual "date sold (never various), proceeds, and cost" even if there were 2 sales of the same stock on the same day (which were not aggregated either).
So my best guess - which is very possibly wrong - is that this is a TT error. This year TT seems to be having problems with the 100% valid and correct entry of "various."
Then I am also guessing that TT did include the 8949 in my e-file package? It just thought "date acquired of various" meant sales transaction aggregation (even though that option wasn't selected)?
Thanks.
