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Investors & landlords
so you shorted the calls. they're probably all coded type A - short-term sales proceeds and cost basis reported to the IRS. therefore the only ones you need to report in detail are those that were part of a wash sale - should be so indicated on the 1099-B when you get it.
Turbotax does a lousy job on short sales of options that expire. so you can not import them unless you want to spend a lot of time entering zeros. as a matter of fact, TT does a lousy job of importing type A and D transactions since if no adjustments or wash sales a single line entries (lines 1a and 8a) on schedule D is all that's needed. Turbotax will detail every trade.
if they meet the criteria specified above, in the first paragraph, they can be entered as just totals for the proceeds and the cost - no detail
type 1099-B into the search box. select the worksheet. enter name of the broker or whatever you want because that info is sent nowhere. it's just for you to use to make finding the info simple. then add form
you should see an area that says form 8949 reporting exception transactions. use the first line (box A for short term box D is for long-term but there can't be long-term items on short sales.)