Employee Stock Option Plan

If you have done a same day sale, all of the income and tax withholdings should be reported on your W-2. You should not have to report any gain or tax withholdings elsewhere on your return. You will want to verify with your employer that this information has been accounted for correctly on your Form W-2.

If, however, you received a federal Form 1099-B, you will need to report this transaction on your return since the IRS also receives a copy and will be looking for the information on your return. You will need to ensure your basis is reported correctly on Form 1099-B based upon your records. If your basis was NOT reported correctly then you will need to add an adjustment code and amount to account for this difference.

To enter Form 1099-B for your capital gain or loss transactions into the program:

1. From within your TaxAct® return (Online or Desktop), click Federal. On smaller devices, click in the upper left-hand corner, then select Federal.
2. Click Investment Income to expand the category, then click Gain or loss on sale of investments
3. Click Capital gain or loss (Form 1099-B)
4. Click +Add Form 1099-B to create a new copy of the form or click Review to review a form already created 
5. The program will proceed with the interview questions for you to enter or review the appropriate information

Your basis in the stock will need to match the sale proceeds in order to not report a gain or loss.