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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

1099-B Worksheet from Morgan Stanley Domestic
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KrisD15
Expert Alumni

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

The 1099-B should list the basis.

Cost or adjusted Basis means what your beginning value was. 

If you purchased the stock, it would be what you paid for it (COST) 

If you inherited it, it would be the value of the stock on the day you inherited it. 

 

There are times when the broker doesn't have records of that, in which case you would need to provide that information. 

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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Hi Kris. Thank you for your reply. I talked to my financial advisers and they didn't understand either. What stock should the amount be reflecting? Is it a general number reflecting all stocks bought 2020? 

Thanks,

Bente

RayW7
Expert Alumni

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

The original cost basis is the purchase price you paid for an investment, plus commissions and any fees.  In most cases it's simply the total amount you paid for the investment.

 

The adjusted cost basis is the original acquisition cost plus any adjustments due to the following:

• Stock plan and ESPP transactions

• Corporate actions

• Wash sales

• Amortizations and accretions

• Standardized options

 

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Hi, so I still do not know what amount to enter.

Is it beginning value of each stock (total value of all stocks bought) bought in 2020 ?

Thanks,

Bente

JohnB5677
Expert Alumni

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

You will have to have a value for each individual stock. 

  • You will first determine the price per share on the day you purchased it.
  • You would then multiply by the number of shares that you sold. 
  • This will result in the cost basis  for that block of stock.

If you are having trouble determining the original value per share you may be able to use Historical Stock Quote Prices - MarketWatch to determine the original value.

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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Hi, I screen shot the information in the box and sent it to my financial adviser. They do not recognize the numbers so something must have gone wrong when the information was uploaded from my Morgan Stanley account. Is it possible to re-enter all the information? How is this done?

I didn't have any of this problem last year. 

Thanks

JohnB5677
Expert Alumni

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

You can quickly enter this manually.  Your brokerage statements should include a summary of your transactions, grouped by sales category.

 

There are seven possible "Box" designations that indicate the holding period (Long/Short Term) and the reporting status.  These are the only ones you have to summarize. If you want to manually enter your 1099-B as the summaries.

 

  1. Tell us about your 1099-B sales for this BOA account
    1. Answer the questions
  2. Since you have more than a few BOA sales, we recommend entering sales section totals
    1. Continue
  3. Before entering sales section totals, take a moment to find them on your 1099-B
    1. Continue
  4. Now, we'll enter one sales section total on your BOA 1099-B
    1. Use the drop down menu to select the correct designation.

 

Code A. This code indicates a short-term transaction for which the cost or other basis is being reported to the IRS. Use this code to report a transaction that the recipient will report on Schedule D (Form 1040), line 1a, or on Form 8949 with box A checked with totals being carried to Schedule D (Form 1040), line 1b.

 

Code B. This code indicates a short-term transaction for which the cost or other basis is not being reported to the IRS. Use this code to report a transaction that the recipient will report on Form 8949 with box B checked with totals being carried to Schedule D (Form 1040), line 2.

 

Box C. Report on a Part I with box C checked all short-term transactions for which you can't check box A or B because you didn't receive a Form 1099-B (or substitute statement).

 

Code D. This code indicates a long-term transaction for which the cost or other basis is being reported to the IRS. Use this code to report a transaction that the recipient will report on Schedule D (Form 1040), line 8a, or on Form 8949 with box D checked with totals being carried to Schedule D (Form 1040), line 8b.

 

Code E. This code indicates a long-term transaction for which the cost or other basis is not being reported to the IRS. Use this code to report a transaction that the recipient will report on Form 8949 with box E checked, with totals being carried to Schedule D (Form 1040), line 9.

 

Box F.  Report on a Part II with box F checked all long-term transactions for which you can't check box D or E because you didn't receive a Form 1099-B (or substitute statement).

 

Code X. Use this code to report a transaction if you cannot determine whether the recipient should check box B or box E on Form 8949 because the holding period is unknown.

 

Open or continue your return (if it's not already open) and search inside TurboTax for the phrase stock sales.

  1. Select the Jump to link in the search results.
  2. Answer Yes to both Did you sell stocks, mutual funds, bonds, or other investments? and Did or will you receive a 1099-B form or brokerage statement for these sales?
    • If you land on Here are all your 1099-B sales, select Add sales from a different brokerage. Then answer Yes to Did or will you receive a 1099-B form or brokerage statement for these sales?
  3. When asked how you want to enter your 1099-B, select I'll type it in myself.
  4. Select or enter your brokerage on the next screen and continue.
  5. On the following screen (Tell us about...), answer the questions until you reach the next screen. Select the second option, Let's enter a summary instead, and select Continue.
  6. You'll now be able to enter the total proceeds (sales) and cost basis, along with the sales category. Refer to your 1099-B for the amounts and category. When finished, select Continue.

When you are done, you'll eventually come to the Here's a summary of your broker sales screen where you can edit, delete, or enter more sales.

 

You will have to mail a copy of your 1099-B to the IRS.  TurboTax will produce a Form 8453. You print the Form 8453 and attach the brokerage statement(s) to it. 

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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Hey, I use Turbotax to have a peace of mind.

This is not helping me. 

My question: Can I re-enter the data so the numbers get right?

Why is everything so complicated this year?

Thanks

cburnside
New Member

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Where can I find the "Cost or Adjusted Basis" on the brokerage company report? I have no idea where or how I'm supposed to have that information OR where I am supposed to enter it if/when I do get it!

AmyC
Expert Alumni

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

The brokerage statement may not have all the information. If you earned/ bought stock through work, you may have had income in your w2. Add the corresponding income from those shares to your basis plus any sales expenses if the broker did not.

 

Note, the w2 for whatever year(s) was appropriate. You will want to check your records.

 

I want to urge you to create a financial notebook that is kept separate from your tax return- if you don't already. Keep it safe and each year, add your year-end statements from all your financial accounts plus a copy of your W2’s, your  carryover information, and proof of your basis in your various investments. You must keep tax records  from the time you purchase until sold/ loss used plus 3 years. It is very easy to lose track of disallowed losses / carryforwards/basis.

 

@@cburnside

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Jonotopia
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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Perhaps the reason nobody is saying thanks or selecting a solution is because everyone is simply giving up. But to clarify the issue, when the cost or adjusted basis is required, turbotax doesn't bother to specify FOR WHAT. Just a blank form, sits there blank until the app/web page times out. Tried it in multiple browsers and the android app, the dumb thing never loads the form, and there is no indication whatsoever of which security requires the information. Google searches show similar complaints back to2019, and nothing has been done to fix it? The only fix is to enter summary information and file by mail? Why even have a broker import function at all?

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What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Same here - I don't think I'll be doing this again next year.

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Exactly - " turbotax doesn't bother to specify FOR WHAT. "

itsmerowe
New Member

What does "Form 1099-B Worksheet. Cost or Adjusted Basis must be entered" mean?

Yeah I am stuck on this same page with Coinbase. I have uploaded the CSV several times but this always needs review. No idea what to put.

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