TRADERS
SOFTWARE: TRADELOG^® FOR GREENTRADERTAX

For the past decade, TradeLog® has been the only trade accounting program our CPAs are comfortable using at tax time. It completely automates your stock, options and futures trades, along with your tax accounting. Save days of work and professional fees by using it to import all your trades. The program generates IRS-compliant Form 8949 (cash method with wash sale reporting) and Form 4797 (mark-to-market method with Section 481 reporting), which you can attach to your tax return.

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Important notice for 2011 tax returns about cost-basis reporting:
The IRS cost-basis reporting rules started in 2011 and brokers unfortunately issued Form 1099-Bs with many errors. If you’re in this mess, don’t worry — TradeLog can help. You can be confident with this program because its calculations are correct (provided the information is entered properly).

Also, one of our TradeLog CPA and accounting experts can take a look at your TradeLog data file and your 1099-Bs. Tax tools are important, but the final results in a tax return are what matter most. Let our professionals guide you through the entire critical process; going from brokerage firm results, to trade accounting program tools, to final tax return results. See our TradeLog Accounting Service page.

Webinars with GreenTraderTax & TradeLog
These Webinars are a must for preparing 2011 tax returns. In our March 28, 2012 Webinar, we show smoking guns on totally botched 1099-Bs and Realized Gain or Loss Reports - you absolutely cannot rely on most of them.

Other accounting solutions are often a problem
We frequently find errors in other programs on wash sales, MTM reporting, section 481(a) adjustments, securities vs. futures tax treatment and much more. Or, other solutions don’t provide all of this absolutely required tax information in the first place. We need to fix these errors. Most programs don’t allow us to make adjustments and corrections take time, which winds up costing you money. The only way we can be sure your trade accounting is correct is with TradeLog.

Wash sales are a big problem unless you have TradeLog
We learned this year with the cost-basis reporting story that brokers are reporting "potential wash sales" rather than actual wash sales, causing some clients to overpay their taxes. You simply can't rely on broker reporting for wash sales, but TradeLog handles them correctly.

TradeLog^® is easy to use and also comes with free product support from Armen Computing, Ltd. and a toll free number. If you prefer more help, GreenTraderTax can set up your program and also handle your annual trader tax accounting. It all ties in nicely with GreenTraderTax's tax preparation services. Simply email us your TradeLog^® data file at year-end and tax preparation is a snap. TradeLog pays GreenTraderTax a commission on sales generated through our site.

Media Recommendations: TradeLog was recommended almost every year for the past decade by Barron's, Forbes and other publications.