IRS Form 6781

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Special Reporting Applies to Certain Securities

Certain sales of securities known as "Section 1256 Contracts" are not reported on Form 8949 but are reported on Form 6781, Part I.

The amounts from Form 6781 lines 8 and 9 are reported on Schedule D, lines 4 and 11, respectively.

Form 1099-B Box 11

Your broker reports these amounts separately to you. On the official Form 1099-B, the aggregate (combined total) profit or loss is shown in box 11 as seen below.

You do not have to report the details, just the aggregate amount. The total is shown on Form 6781, line 1.

Schedule D

If you use tax software to generate Schedule D, you will enter the amount from box 11 into the software.

If you use Form8949.com to generate Schedule D, you will enter the amount from box 11 on the screen shown below:

Form 6781 Instructions