Is my 1099-B incorrect?

NumberSix said:
Can anyone cite a IRS rule or ruling, or any other official IRS indication, or even a private sector legal or accounting or other expert opinion, or any other supporting evidence, that accuracy of the broker's 1099-B doesn't matter?
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Hey nincompoop... problems abound with 1009-B's in general.
IOW, not specific to YOUR description of what YOU deem to be a problem...

http://www.tradelogsoftware.com/pdf/The_1099-B_Problem_Special_Report.pdf

https://greentradertax.com/dont-rely-on-1099-bs-for-wash-sale-loss-adjustments/
 
mervyn said:
I think OP's original point is that the broker didn't print 1099 box 10 correctly even thought he has an open position.
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THANK YOU, mervyn, for paying attention! Yes! We had a futures position still open, at year's end, with a non-zero P/L, so that I believe Box 10, of the broker's Form 1099-B for futures contracts, should show that position's non-zero P/L. But my broker reported a zero in Box 10, instead of the non-zero P/L on our open position.

I think it would be very helpful if we could all focus our attention on Box 10. I began this thread also by writing about an error in Box 8, but to keep things simple, and to help everyone understand, let's narrow our topic just to Box 10 (and forget about Box 8).

I repeat: I believe Box 10 should be non-zero, due to our open position's non-zero P/L, but broker reported it as zero and claims this is correct.
 
Did anyone else, with futures or other $1256 positions, still open at year's end, with a non-zero P/L for those open positions, receive a 1099-B from their broker, with a value of zero in Box 10?
 
mervyn said:
Why wounldn't you want to share the name? I have three futures brokers and everyone of them printed correctly to the penny on the statements and 1099s. And I purpose you are not the only customer they have.
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I didn't share the broker's name, because I don't wish to provoke the broker to close the account. Sorry.
 
NumberSix said:
Did anyone else, with futures or other $1256 positions, still open at year's end, with a non-zero P/L for those open positions, receive a 1099-B from their broker, with a value of zero in Box 10?
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Let me also ask if anybody has seen has had a case opposite to the one in the above-quoted question.

Did anyone, with futures or other Sec. 1256 positions, still open at year's end, with a non-zero P/L for those open positions, receive a 1099-B from their broker, with that non-zero value in Box 10?

So anyone who has had an futures or other Sec. 1256 position, still open at year's end, with a non-zero P/L for those open positions, can contribute to this discussion by stating whether the value in their broker's 1099-B, Box 10, was either zero or non-zero.
 
tiddlywinks said:
Hey nincompoop... problems abound with 1009-B's in general.
IOW, not specific to YOUR description of what YOU deem to be a problem...

http://www.tradelogsoftware.com/pdf/The_1099-B_Problem_Special_Report.pdf

https://greentradertax.com/dont-rely-on-1099-bs-for-wash-sale-loss-adjustments/
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tiddlywinks, did you notice that the expert authors, to whom you link, argue strongly that accuracy of 1099-B forms does matter, and that this contradicts your own viewpoint that such accuracy does not matter?

But still, I hope we can focus this thread on the question of whether my broker's 1099-B is accurate, and I hope we won't be too distracted by the separate question of whether such accuracy matters.
 
NumberSix said:
tiddlywinks, did you notice that the expert authors, to whom you link, argue strongly that accuracy of 1099-B forms does matter, and that this contradicts your own viewpoint that such accuracy does not matter?

But still, I hope we can focus this thread on the question of whether my broker's 1099-B is accurate, and I hope we won't be too distracted by the separate question of whether such accuracy matters.
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Does your 1099-B include not just section 1256 instruments, but ALSO stocks/options etc?
 
NumberSix said:
Our 1099-B includes one section for the Sec. 1256 instruments we traded, and also separate sections for stocks we traded.
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Maybe that is the problem? My broker deals with nothing but sec 1256 contracts, and so there is never an issue on the futures reporting. Since your broker deals with both Sec 1256 and that form 8949 crap with equities, their tax reporting system hit a glitch? Did this happen to you LAST year?
 
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