JohnW222
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Investors & landlords

@CarolynM

If this is only your second year filing taxes, it's not likely that you'll have a carryover such as this. 

A Short-Term Capital Loss Carryover represents a loss on a short term investment from a previous year, for which the entire loss couldn't be claimed in that year.

It most likely doesn't apply to you, and if that's the case, just leave the field blank. 

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