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2 . What would the short - term capital loss be I know the long term would be 0 but i cant figure out the

2. What would the short-term capital loss be I know the long term would be 0 but i cant figure out the short term? Thanks Required Information
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During 2023, your cllents, Mr. and Mrs. Howell, owned the following Investment assets:
*No commissions are charged when no-load mutual funds are bought and sold.
Because of the downturn In the stock market, Mr. and Mrs. Howell decided to sell most of thelr stocks and the mutual fund
in 2023 and to relnvest in municipal bonds. The following investment assets were sold in 2023:
*No commissions are charged when no-load mutual funds are bought and sold.
The Howells' broker Issued them a Form 1099-B showing the sales proceeds net of the commissions pald. For example,
the IBM sales proceeds were reported as $13,600 on the Form 1099-B they recelved.
In addition to the sales reflected in the table above, the Howells provided you with the following additional information
concerning 2023:
The Howells recelved a Form 1099-B from the Vanguard mutual fund reporting a $900 long-term capital gain
distribution. This distribution was relnvested in 31 additional Vanguard mutual fund shares on 6/30/2023.
In 2017, Mrs. Howell loaned $6,000 to a friend who was starting a new multllevel marketing company called LD3. The
friend declared bankruptcy in 2023, and Mrs. Howell has been notfied she will not be recelving any repayment of the
loan.
The Howells have a $2,300 short-term capital loss carryover and a $4,800 long-term capital loss carryover from prior
years.
The Howells did not instruct thelr broker to sell any particular lot of IBM stock.
The Howells earned $3,000 in municipal bond interest, $3,000 in interest from corporate bonds, and $4,000 in
qualified dividends.
Assume the Howells have $130,000 of wage Income during the year.
c. Assume the Howells' short-term capital loss carryover from prior years is $82,300 rather than $2,300 as indicated above. If this is
the case, how much short-term and long-term capital loss carryovers remain to be carried beyond 2023 to future tax years?
Note: Leave no cells blank - be certaln to enter "O" wherever required.
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