Numbers over a Billion

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Does anyone have any idea if I can even USE Pro-Series to handle numbers more than a BILLION?

I have a (Real) client that has over a billion in stock transactions in 2019. I'm not going to enter them manually, but the 8949 A  is a 10-figure number. 

Will Lacerte handle numbers this big?  Obviously somebody has this problem licked. 

TIA

RK, EA

[garman22]

If you have PS, try it. 

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

ProSeries chokes after 999,999,999

[sjrcpa]

Can you break it down into a few blocks, each less than a billion?

Or does ProSeries just choke if anything on the return exceeds a billion?

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Yes, I have the program.

Yes, I can break it into 2 chunks, but the totals all end up as 999,999,999

The math stops working!

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What's a few billion to the IRS anyway???

[sjrcpa]

Then I guess you have your answer.

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I was hoping someone knew either a work-around or if Lacerte can handle this file?

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

No work around, the program just doesnt handle that many digits....I dont know about Lacerte, sorry.

Im guessing you need whatever program the tax preparers for billionaires use...whatever that may be.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

UltraTax would be the next step up I think, or CCH ProFx

[chasetax]

is it possible to enter the data in such a way as to just show the profit/loss on schedule d input and then use my favorite form (8275 disclosure) to explain what you are doing?

[Terry53029]

I would just fill out schedule D manually and attach it as a pdf with an explanation

[RollTide68]

Robinhood Margin glitch?