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03-07-2007, 06:21 AM

Littleguy159 Littleguy159 is offline

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Gain/Loss on 1040 line 21

I have a question about line 21 on 1040. Do you need to include a list of all spot forex trades if you use 1040 line 21 to file gains/losses? Also is there a maximum gain/loss for this line? I did not opt out of sect. 988 so I will file on 1040 line 21.

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