TT issue with NJ-DOP is not broker related. It happens when short option selling results in loss.
Brokers report shop options selling to IRS with cost basis set to zero like when option expired worthless. This normally happens unless you have to buy to close short position. In Proceeds column (column d on fed form 8949) brokers send gain or loss. So, in case of loss this number is negative! In 2020 TT gave error in fed form 8949 when this number was negative, it was fixed later. At the same time in 2020 NJ-DOP had zero in column d and that didn't cause any error.
This year TT programmers has wrong requirements that NJ-DOP must match fed form 8949 in columns d, e and f! It won't match in such cases. Program should only match columns f, which is bottom line - gain or loss!
Easy fix. I am telling as a programmer who worked for 30 years for one of the brokerage houses.
Nothing is wrong with form NJ-DOP as it is now in TT. It is only TT who claims it is wrong.
