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IRS, Tax related strategies--Traders
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183 Colin, I've used a variation of this strategy in the past, in conjunction mod-2/27/1998
182 Well, While it is NOT clear why you want to change capital to ordinary gains, Colin Cody-2/27/1998
181 Hi Colin: I am trying to make the trading gain as ordinary income rather than tJack Chen-2/27/1998
180 Jack, IMO, Yes you could enter into a bona-fide arrangement (preferrably with aColin Cody-2/27/1998
179 Hello Colin: I wonder if you can pay certain % of each trade as consulting feesJack Chen-2/26/1998
178 Ilya, Others may shout me down, and perhaps they should, but for my money you Spots-2/26/1998
177 Daniel, see sch A, line 13 and IRS form 4952 to handle the investment interest.Colin Cody-2/26/1998
176 Margin Interest - When is it deductible? I have a short-term loss on my ScheduDaniel Pomp-2/26/1998
175 Joel, just a quick response because I'm dangerously off-thread with my receIlya k.-2/26/1998
174 [Msg continued] As I type this msg (after market hours), I have Watley consumiIlya k.-2/26/1998
173 Enter the net trades..... buy side + commissions, sell side - commissions JoelBox-By-The-Riviera™-2/26/1998
172 Is ab watley a broker, or a system tied to a broker? If you don't mind sayBox-By-The-Riviera™-2/26/1998
171 No, my systems just sort of grew like topsy. The main problem was to find a quIlya k.-2/26/1998
170 Guess I was too tired. Track 0n-Line (std. version) is on the single 15" Ilya k.-2/26/1998
169 Susan, Back in the 80s we USED TO put the commissions from BOTH SIDES of the Colin Cody-2/26/1998
168 <i>Since then (I don't know if the Law was changed) it is common pracSusan Saline-2/25/1998
167 Question - on Schedule D, do you have to list the actual company names under &qScott-2/25/1998
166 Sue, I think you just stated your original proffer, which Colin pointed out wasLen-2/25/1998
165 Gotcha That's how I have been doing it, but I was always unsure, because tSusan Saline-2/25/1998
164 The law said to put BOTH commissions on the COST side. Then when 1099Bs were rColin Cody-2/25/1998
163 Schedule D question Line 1 d sales price Line 1 e Cost or other basis Does lSusan Saline-2/25/1998
162 Ilya, That was interesting reading! Did you hire it out to a pro to design? Colin Cody-2/25/1998
161 off topic.... Excellent!!!! but why three/four monitors on the one cpu dediBox-By-The-Riviera™-2/25/1998
160 I'm still jet-lagged (and ready for bed) and not sure if you were just beinIlya k.-2/24/1998
159 Ilya, You wrote: " I don't file quite the way suggested in the threadColin Cody-2/24/1998
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