If you actively trade stocks, options, mutual funds, or single-stock futures and have ever tried to report these on an IRS Schedule D, then you know how painful this can be - It is an absolute nightmare!
FACT #1: Most static broker provided profit and loss statements are not accurate and should not be trusted for capital gains tax purposes. This is usually due to incomplete cost basis records for positions held open at the end of the previous tax year, or mismatches due to stocks splits, mergers, and name changes.
FACT #2: Static broker provided profit and loss statements cannot be used for tax purposes if you have more than one trading account because the IRS wash rule requires you to calculate wash sales across ALL your trading accounts.
See Trader Tax Misconceptions for details.
FACT #3: Most other software solutions do not calculate wash sales between short and long trades, and between "substantially identical securities" such as stocks and options as required by the IRS.
See our Dare To Compare page for details.TradeLog™ tax lot accounting software ends the nightmare...

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