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December 7, 2019
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How do I enter stock sales in screen 17 so that the transaction is reported on Schedule D, Line 1a or 8a instead of Form 8949?

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Best answer by abctax55

Screen 17.1 - 7th column over.  Leave it blank (='s basis reported to IRS).

BUT if you have chosen to "report all transactions of F 8949" in your setting, this won't override it.

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Level 15
December 7, 2019

Screen 17.1 - 7th column over.  Leave it blank (='s basis reported to IRS).

BUT if you have chosen to "report all transactions of F 8949" in your setting, this won't override it.

HumanKind... Be Both
Level 2
February 19, 2021

Frankly, this is a ridiculous way of choosing Exception 1 for Form 8949.  Why not incorporate this into the input in screen 17.1?  Why bury this in the settings for the software?  

Level 3
April 16, 2022

I have discovered that you can override this by client.  In Screen 17.1, Click on the "Carryovers/Misc Info" selection in the middle left hand pane.  The last line of the first section (just before Form 4797 input) is Print all assets on Form 8949: 1=yes, 2=no [O].  Enter 2 here and the entries will move to lines 1a and 8a.