when you sell a put, you're selling someone the right, but not the obligation, to make you buy shares of a company at a certain price. The put was excercised forcing you to purchase the shares from them. you then sold the shares (Based on your post at a loss). There should be no wash sale unless you then traded within that 30 day period after the losses the same or substantially identical shares. The loss then would reduce the basis in the new shares you purchased or options trade you did.
The rule defines a wash sale as one that occurs when an individual sells or trades a security at a loss and, within 30 days before or after this sale, buys a “substantially identical” stock or security, or acquires a contract or option to do so.
so the wash sale loss actually reduced the basis in the shares you subsequently then purchased or options within that security..
The IRS lets you take gains but always defers losses into basis of any substantially similar shares you trade in within 30 days.... so you would only be able to take the loss if you didn't trade within 30 days of incurring the loss. So if you ever have losses, you want to take them, don't trade in that stock again for at least 31 days.
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