I have a 1099-B form with nothing in Box 1b or 1e. and box 5 is checked. I cannot enter this into Turbo Tax. It flags it as an error. What do I do?

[MichaelL1 · Accepted solution]

You need to enter the best you can the date acquired, and the cost basis.  It is listed as non-covered as your brokerage that did the sale did not have (or did not keep track) of the when the stock was acquired or what was paid for it.

If it was acquired more than a year ago it is long-term gain.  The purchase date does not need to be exact but should have a reasonable basis for it.

For cost basis the same thing, and if you absolutely can't come up with anything you can always enter $0 as the cost basis.

The date and some amount have to be entered into TurboTax for this sale. 

Go back to this section and Edit the investment sale.

To enter your Investments sold

Click on Federal Taxes

Click on Wages and Income

Click on I'll choose what I work on

Scroll down to Investments

On Stocks, Bonds, Other, click the start or update button