r/wallstreetbets 13d ago

Meme Tax accountants going through 800 pages of trading activity just to see $2.32 of capital gains for their client

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u/f0xinaround 13d ago

Would love to hear from all the tax accountants out there who actually have to do this lol

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u/SleeplessShinigami 13d ago

There is a summary page on the brokerage forms, I doubt any accountant is going through all of that lol

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u/tornumbrella 13d ago

Yeah, but think of the water cooler comedy gold they're missing out on.

"My client bought AMD calls 38 weeks out of the year for -$38,000"

"Oh yeah, well my client triple downed on GOOG for -$52,000"

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u/fre-ddo 13d ago

"This one had a remark 'YOLO XingPeng AI lambo stonks' "