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IRS, Tax related strategies--Traders

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708	mod, you are correct. Expense the books under Sec. 179. But, you must have ne	robbie	-	2/14/1999
707	QUESTION: how does everyone keep track of their daily trades and balances in th	ArtAlley	-	2/14/1999
706	Can't you just expense books using Sec. 179? The limit is pretty high thes	mod	-	2/14/1999
705	Books are deducted differently if you are an INVESTOR or a TRADER STATUS taxpay	Colin Cody	-	2/13/1999
704	About "library" expenses. I would hardly call my little collection o	WPC9999	-	2/13/1999
703	The items you listed are more or less deductible for a trade or business. As t	Colin Cody	-	2/11/1999
702	Question about types of deductions, for schedule C as a Trader. (1)Can expenses	WPC9999	-	2/11/1999
701	DAVE, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME! eom	Colin Cody	-	2/10/1999
700	Colin, In laymans terms, is this accurate??? you average your 5 shares togethe	DSPetry	-	2/10/1999
699	The difference between a stock SPLIT and a stock DIVIDEND is GAAP ACCOUNTING on	Colin Cody	-	2/10/1999
698	Colin, Question for you... SOWK announced a 4-1 stock dividend today biz.yahoo.	DSPetry	-	2/10/1999
697	Schwab has a place on their confirmations for special instructions. I would fe	PerryA	-	2/5/1999
696	Perry, I tried that with E*Trade and they said that I could specify which shar	Eagle	-	2/5/1999
695	When you ask a broker to sell the shares purchased on a specific date, all they	PerryA	-	2/4/1999
694	Tim, that's a catch 22. (g) The IRS says you can identify which shares you	Colin Cody	-	2/4/1999
693	Colin, I know you are much more expert in this area than am I, but how can you	Tim Lumley	-	2/4/1999
692	Yes, Unless you specifically specify/identify the shares being sold, the tax ba	Colin Cody	-	2/3/1999
691	Question re multiple accounts My assumption has been that if I apply strict FI	Almasy	-	2/3/1999
690	please can someone clarify how daytraders report their short term trades on	Leman	-	2/2/1999
689	>>So do you have an answer or did you just wish to complain Good point,	Spots	-	2/2/1999
688	Spots, So do you have an answer or did you just wish to complain :) I don'	Mark Ivan	-	2/2/1999
687	>> I'm surprised Quicken won't calculate gains and losses	Spots	-	2/1/1999
686	WallStBum, Oh, it can calculate gain/loss on shorts OK, it's the investme	Mark Ivan	-	2/1/1999
685	<i>How in the heck do you figure out the cot basis? No throw in some opt	WallStBum	-	2/1/1999
684	The form is 1040ES. You can download it from the IRS site or print it out of a	Spots	-	2/1/1999

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