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To: ild who wrote (89604)	2/17/2001 1:01:13 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

ild, the IRS can still get at the firm's records. Just because you aren't sent paperwork is no reason why the IRS cannot, and, in fact, does, demand hardcopy from brokerage firms detailing all of your sales. Buys? They don't check those except during an audit, for some reason.

To: ild who wrote (89604)	2/17/2001 4:33:16 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 132070

ild, I had trouble with Quicken when I was short and long in a stock at the same time. Eventually I had to split the short into one company, like MU_short and the other into MU_long. Something similar might work for you. That was Quicken 99, btw, and I use 2001 now, but haven't shorted anything for a while. Also, I asked my broker, TD Waterhouse, if they'd stop sending me statements for all my IRAs (6 accounts) and they said that they were required to. What a waste of paper since I look at all that online anyway.