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Level 2
March 3, 2021
Question

PA capital gains

  • March 3, 2021
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Has anyone in PA noticed issues with capital gains not transferring over from the fed return correctly?  I just discovered one return with 2 major errors:

- 1 account didn't transfer at all (the numbers were reported at top of 1099B worksheet for short term covered sales on the fed)

- 1 account was tagged as joint on the fed, but was listed as just the taxpayer on PA; the account had losses that needed to offset the spouse's gains, so this was obviously an issue.

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PATAX
Level 12
March 3, 2021

Also double check the interest and dividends on the PA return, in addition to the capital gains on Schedule D....just my opinion...

Accountant-Man
Level 13
March 4, 2021

PA doesn't allow netting of one spouse's losses with the other spouse's gains. A joint account is split 50-50 between the spouses.

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Accountant-Man
Level 13
March 4, 2021

Joint account has losses, split 50-50.

Spouse has her own account with gains. Half of the joint losses offset her gains.

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KatheenAuthor
Level 2
March 4, 2021

I am aware of this. But I have it marked joint on the fed and it transfers to PA as a taxpayer account, not joint. So Proseries is not transferring it to PA correctly.

Accountant-Man
Level 13
March 4, 2021

Is your software up-to-date? It updated again today.

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