Why didn't the date acquired and date sold not populate when I imported the 1099-B from the broker?

[bernie10]

I imported client 1099-B and all the data was correct except it did not populate the date acquired and date sold fields.  Is there a way to fix this because the client has many transactions and I would like to avoid a manual fix.

[IRonMaN · Accepted solution]

Import seems to be a hit and miss process.  As a side note, for sales that had the cost reported to the IRS, you only need to enter the totals from the 1099B

[George4Tacks]

Oh course you did a backup of the file before doing the import, so just restore that backup. 😉

Unfortunately there is no mass delete of the data that was imported, so that process will take a while, but that is probably quicker than trying input the dates. 

Another option is to simply mark each as short or long and not do a summary for covered.