GeorgeM777
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Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Yes, you could just report the RSU sales as regular stock trades.  If you know your cost basis (that is the price of the stock on the day the shares vested) and you know what the company sold to cover taxes, then you can just report what you sold.  When you get to the page that asks about RSUs, ESPPs, etc., just select Stock, non-employee, or a similar selection.   

 

What you are trying to do is create an accurate tax return, and if you have all of the information you need (and it appears you do) just report the sales as a regular stock sale.  Now, there could be a gain or loss based on the shares the company sold to cover taxes.  If there was, you can report that sale as a regular stock sale too.  If the price of the shares the company sold was the same as the price of the shares that vested with you, then there would have been no gain or loss.  The proceeds from the "sell to cover" should already be included on your W-2 as part of your total withholding. 

 

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