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Q. Where to find short-term capital loss on 1099-DIV?
A. You don't find it on the 1099-Div. Gains and or losses from the sale of mutual funds are not reported on the 1099-Div. You will find that info on the 1099-B. Box 2a (long term capital gain distributions) of the 1099-Div are for the sales of stocks, within the mutual fund, not the gains for selling shares of the fund.
Q. How would I be able to offset the short-term gain with the short-term loss?
A. You're not allowed to offset your 1099-B losses directly against any short term gains included in box 1a of the 1099-DIV (gains on the sales of stocks within the fund). Box 1a losses (if any) are treated as ordinary dividends, for tax purposes. As such, there is only a lump sum in box 1a (no break down between short term gains and dividends). For most cases, the difference between boxes 1a and 1b is probably short term capital gains; but that's irrelevant for your tax reporting purposes.
Q. Box 2a of 1099-DIV reports long-term gain. So the short-term loss will be used to offset long-term gain?
A. Yes. As others have explained, that happens on Schedule D. TurboTax does that. You simply enter the 1099-Div and the 1099-B.