TradeLog Blog

The April tax deadline is approaching, are you running out of time? Consider the benefits of filing a tax extension. An extension grants six additional months from the IRS to finish and file your tax return. The great news: the IRS automatically grants this extension if you file your request on time. But there are some things you should know...

It's tax time again. Here's what you'll need to prepare accurate 2018 trader tax reporting, and then get it filed on time in 2019!

The trader world continues to evolve with new trading products and the interpretation of tax rules to go with them. Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) have come under more scrutiny by tax experts in recent years, especially the treatment of volatility ETNs which have become very popular products. Recent improvements to TradeLog Software provide enhanced support for traders of ETNs.

As the tax year comes to an end it's important for to understand wash sale effects from your trading and any negative consequences on your taxable gains. Using TradeLog Software, you can understand how wash sales affect your bottom line and then utilize reporting tools to help you potentially control and avoid harmful results.

We are working to expand our Service Provider network to offer our customers more options when they need assistance with reconciling their trades. Trader Tax Solutions is a team of expert TradeLog users who can help you with reconciliation of your trade history and tax form preparation to meet specific IRS filing deadlines, or monthly/quarterly maintenance of your TradeLog TaxFiles and wash sale tracking as you near the end of each tax year.

Our TradeLog Support Team is pleased to offer our customers extended support through to Tuesday, April 18th.

A discussion of what the more common mandatory actions are, why companies choose to execute these events and how TradeLog users can effectively and accurately account for these actions on their trader tax forms.

Reconciling the Form 1099-B data provided by your broker with TradeLog software can be challenging due to different IRS reporting rules for the broker and the individual taxpayer. Watch as we guide you step-by-step through the process.

Free trial users and previous users who are getting back into the swing of things with TradeLog, this webinar is for you!

A review of the IRS Form 1099-B "Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions" and significant changes to its format for the 2017 tax season.