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To: Jan Crawley who wrote (31056)1/19/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (3) of 61433
 
2. Any one who "shorted against the box" in 1997 will have to cover the short BEFORE
1/31/98 in order to receive the capital-gain treatment for their original shares. ---


Jan,

I believe the IRS no longer permits a short against the box to affect capital gains.

Glenn
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