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September 30, 2026
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Form 8283

  • September 30, 2026
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When donating publicly traded stock, on Form 8283, Section A, Column (g) for Donor’s Cost, the instructions specifically state NOT to fill in this column if you are taking a deduction for FMV for stock held more than 12 months.   However, in the worksheet on Schedule A if I leave this field blank I get an error; if I fill it in, it carries over to the 8283.  I could override the 8283 field but wanted to check and see if there was a check box or something else I might be missing in this situation. Thanks, Dan 

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Intuit Community Champion
September 30, 2026

Enter a zero in cost basis

DanCocAuthor
Level 4
September 30, 2026

Good suggestion!  Thanks