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Form

8949

Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets

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OMB No. 1545-0074

Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Name(s) shown on return

Information about Form 8949 and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form8949. File with your Schedule D to list your transactions for lines 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, and 10 of Schedule D.

Attachment Sequence No. 12A

2012

Social security number or taxpayer identification number

Most brokers issue their own substitute statement instead of using Form 1099-B. They also may provide basis information (usually your cost) to you on the statement even if it is not reported to the IRS. Before you check Box A, B, or C below, determine whether you received any statement(s) and, if so, the transactions for which basis was reported to the IRS. Brokers are required to report basis to the IRS for most stock you bought in 2011 or later.

Part I

Short-Term. Transactions involving capital assets you held one year or less are short term. For long-term transactions, see page 2.

You must check Box A, B, or C below. Check only one box. If more than one box applies for your short-term transactions, complete a separate Form 8949, page 1, for each applicable box. If you have more short-term transactions than will fit on this page for one or more of the boxes, complete as many forms with the same box checked as you need. (A) Short-term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis was reported to the IRS (B) Short-term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis was not reported to the IRS (C) Short-term transactions not reported to you on Form 1099-B 1

(a) Description of property (Example: 100 sh. XYZ Co.) (b) Date acquired (Mo., day, yr.) (c) Date sold or disposed (Mo., day, yr.) (d) Proceeds (sales price) (see instructions) Adjustment, if any, to gain or loss. If you enter an amount in column (g), (e) (h) enter a code in column (f). Cost or other basis. Gain or (loss). See the separate...