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aar613
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

My Form 1099-B shows the following: 

Applicable check box on Form 8949:  X

Date acquired:  Blank

Stocks were acquired on various dates, all of them greater than 1 year ago. The TurboTax questionnaire does not ask for this information. Where/how do I enter it?

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DavidD66
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

As you're entering your Form 1099-B, there is a page that says "Now we'll walk you through entering the info on your *** 1099-B", mark the button with "Something other than a date" and select "Various".   See the screenshot below:

 

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aar613
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

Thanks... So I select "Various" and then several more screens come up but there is no place to input the dates. Am I missing something? 

VictorW9
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

Entering various means that you do not have to input the specific dates. Various covers all the dates you made the acquisition. It is fine to use various so long as all the sold dates are more than one year after purchase date of the specific security.

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aar613
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

Understood. Where do I say all the dates are greater than 1 year? That's the field I cannot find. Thanks.

VictorW9
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Long term capital gains - how to enter stock acquisition dates?

It figures that out by when you enter the sold dates and tell TurboTax the securities are long-term transactions.

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