Can You Use "Various" in the "Date Acquired" Column of Schedule D? | Finance - Zacks
Form 8949 contains two similar sections, one each for short-term and long-term capital gains and losses. You use the long-term section for assets you held for more than a year prior to their sale. Each section is a grid with rows representing different property sales and columns containing data about each property. You identify a sold asset in the leftmost column. For example, you might enter "100 shares of XYZ Corp" in this column. You then proceed to fill in the remaining columns using the information your broker or mutual fund company sent to you on Form 1099-B. This information includes the identity of each sold security, the amount, cost, dates bought and sold and sale proceeds.
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