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To: Venkie who wrote (27271)	12/27/2000 9:25:57 AM
From: stomper	Respond to of 65232

Friday...it is NOT settlement date of the trade. -dave

To: Venkie who wrote (27271)	12/27/2000 9:46:46 AM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 65232

delete

To: Venkie who wrote (27271)	12/27/2000 10:02:15 AM
From: gooch_the_farmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

Venkie, Sunday @ midnight if you can find someone like Voltaire or Greg with all kinds of cash on the sidelines to pay you by cash or check and you can physically transfer the certificates. GTF

To: Venkie who wrote (27271)	12/27/2000 11:21:54 AM
From: Voltaire	Respond to of 65232

I think three trading days before end of year. Today I believe is the last day. Not sure. V

To: Venkie who wrote (27271)	12/27/2000 12:20:45 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 65232

per wsj today TRADE DATE December 27, 2000 Tax Report LITTLE TIME LEFT for year-end transactions. Less than five days remain to take advantage of the annual gift-tax exclusion that allows taxpayers to give away tax-free as much as $10,000 to as many people as they want. But it isn't enough to just hand the kids and grandkids $10,000 checks on Dec. 31, says Laurie Hall, a tax attorney with Palmer & Dodge, Boston. Recipients should "deposit the checks this year" to make sure that there is proof the gift was made in the year 2000. Charitable-contribution checks don't have to be deposited by year end, but they do have to be in the mail, says Tom Ochsenschlager, a partner with accounting firm Grant Thornton, of Vienna, Va. If the donation is a big one, he says, taxpayers should protect themselves by getting the proper postal receipt. When selling stocks to lock in investment losses, "trade date dictates, not settlement date," says Michael S. Rubin, director of client tax services at Bessemer Trust Co. But don't repurchase a security that is substantially the same within 30 days of the sale, he warns, or wash-sale rules will nullify any loss.