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Specific Instructions

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Lines 1 and 8

Enter all sales and exchanges of capital assets, including stocks, bonds, etc., and real estate (if not reported on Form 4684, 4797, 6252, 6781, or 8824). But do not report the sale or exchange of your main home unless required (see page D-2). Include these transactions even if you did not receive a Form 1099-B or 1099-S (or substitute statement) for the transaction. You can use stock ticker symbols or abbreviations to describe the property as long as they are based on the descriptions of the property as shown on Form 1099-B or 1099-S (or substitute statement).

You must enter the details of each transaction on a separate line of Schedule D. If you have more than five transactions to report on line 1 or line 8, you can report the additional transactions on Schedule D-1. Instead of reporting your transactions on Schedules D and D-1, you can report them on an attached statement containing all the same information as Schedules D and D-1 and in a similar format. Use as many Schedules D-1 or attached statements as you need. Enter on Schedule D, lines 2 and 9, the combined totals from all your Schedules D-1 or the attached statements. Do not enter “available upon request” and summary totals in lieu of reporting the details of each transaction on Schedules D and D-1 or attached statements.

Caution
Add the following amounts reported to you for 2007 on Forms 1099-B and 1099-S (or substitute statements) that you are not reporting on another form or schedule included with your return: (a) proceeds from transactions involving stocks, bonds, and other securities and (b) gross proceeds from real estate transactions (other than the sale of your main home if you are not required to report it). If this total is more than the total of lines 3 and 10, attach an explanation of the difference (for example, you were the nominee for the actual owner of the property).

Column (b)—Date Acquired

Enter in this column the date you acquired the asset. Use the trade date for stocks and bonds traded on an exchange or over-the-counter market. For stock or other property sold short, enter the date the stock or property was delivered to the broker or lender to close the short sale.

The date acquired for an asset you held on January 1, 2001, for which you made an election to recognize any gain in a deemed sale is the date of the deemed sale and reacquisition.

If you disposed of property that you acquired by inheritance, report the gain or (loss) on line 8 and enter “INHERITED” in column (b) instead of the date you acquired the property.

If you sold a block of stock (or similar property) that you acquired through several different purchases, you may report the sale on one line and enter “VARIOUS” in column (b). However, you still must report the short-term gain or (loss) on the sale in Part I and the long-term gain or (loss) in Part II.

Column (c)—Date Sold

Enter in this column the date you sold the asset. Use the trade date for stocks and bonds traded on an exchange or over-the-counter market. For stock or other property sold short, enter the date you sold the stock or property you borrowed to open the short sale transaction.

Column (d)—Sales Price

Enter in this column either the gross sales price or the net sales price from the sale. If you sold stocks or bonds and you received a Form 1099-B (or substitute statement) from your broker that shows gross sales price, enter that amount in column (d). But if Form 1099-B (or substitute statement) indicates that gross proceeds minus commissions and option premiums were reported to the IRS, enter that net amount in column (d). If you enter the net amount in column (d), do not include the commissions and option premiums from the sale in column (e).

You should not have received a Form 1099-B (or substitute statement) for a transaction merely representing the return of your original investment in a nontransferable obligation, such as a savings bond or a certificate of deposit. But if you did, report the amount shown on Form 1099-B (or substitute statement) in both columns (d) and (e).

Caution
Be sure to add all sales price entries on lines 1 and 8, column (d), to amounts on lines 2 and 9, column (d). Enter the totals on lines 3 and 10.

Column (e)—Cost or Other Basis

In general, the cost or other basis is the cost of the property plus purchase commissions and improvements, minus depreciation, amortization, and depletion. If you inherited the property, got it as a gift, or received it in a tax-free exchange, involuntary conversion, or “wash sale” of stock, you may not be able to use the actual cost as the basis. If you do not use the actual cost, attach an explanation of your basis.

If you sold stock, adjust your basis by subtracting all the nondividend distributions you received before the sale. Also adjust your basis for any stock splits. See Pub. 550 for details.

If you elected to recognize gain on an asset held on January 1, 2001, your basis in the asset is its closing market price or fair market value, whichever applies, on the date of the deemed sale and reacquisition, whether the deemed sale resulted in a gain or an unallowed loss.

You may elect to use an average basis for all shares of a mutual fund (or other regulated investment company) if you acquired the shares at various times and prices and you left the shares on deposit in an account handled by a custodian or agent who acquired or redeemed those shares. If you are reporting an average basis, include “AVGB” in column (a) of Schedule D. For details on making the election and how to figure average basis, see Pub. 564.

The basis of property acquired by gift is generally the basis of the property in the hands of the donor. The basis of property acquired from a decedent is generally the fair market value at the date of death. See Pub. 551 for details.

Increase the cost or other basis of an original issue discount (OID) debt instrument by the amount of OID that has been included in gross income for that instrument. See Pub. 550 for details.

If a charitable contribution deduction is allowed because of a bargain sale of property to a charitable organization, the adjusted basis for purposes of determining gain from the sale is the amount that has the same ratio to the adjusted basis as the amount realized has to the fair market value. See Pub. 544 for details.

Increase your cost or other basis by any expense of sale, such as broker's fees, commissions, state and local transfer taxes, and option premiums, before making an entry in column (e), unless you reported the net sales price in column (d).

For more details, see Pub. 551.

Column (f)—Gain or (Loss)

You must make a separate entry in this column for each transaction reported on lines 1 and 8 and any other line(s) that applies to you. For lines 1 and 8, subtract the amount in column (e) from the amount in column (d). Enter negative amounts in parentheses.

Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet—Lines 6 and 14

Use this worksheet to figure your capital loss carryovers from 2006 to 2007 if your 2006 Schedule D, line 21, is a loss and (a) that loss is a smaller loss than the loss on your 2006 Schedule D, line 16, or(b) the amount on your 2006 Form 1040, line 41 (or your 2006 Form 1040NR, line 38, if applicable), reduced by any amount on your 2006 Form 8914, line 6, is less than zero. Otherwise, you do not have any carryovers.
1. Enter the amount from your 2006 Form 1040, line 41, or Form 1040NR, line 38. If a loss, enclose the amount in parentheses 1.    
2. Did you file Form 8914 (to claim an exemption amount for housing someone displaced by Hurricane Katrina) for 2006?
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No. Enter -0-.
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Yes. Enter the amount from your 2006 Form 8914, line 6 		2.    
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1. If the result is less than zero, enclose it in parentheses 3.    
4. Enter the loss from your 2006 Schedule D, line 21, as a positive amount 4.    
5. Combine lines 3 and 4. If zero or less, enter -0- 5.    
6. Enter the smaller of line 4 or line 5 6.    
  If line 7 of your 2006 Schedule D is a loss, go to line 7; otherwise, enter -0- on line 7 and go to line 11.      
7. Enter the loss from your 2006 Schedule D, line 7, as a positive amount 7.    
8. Enter any gain from your 2006 Schedule D, line 15. If a loss, enter -0- 8.        
9. Add lines 6 and 8 9.    
10. Short-term capital loss carryover for 2007. Subtract line 9 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0-. If more than zero, also enter this amount on Schedule D, line 6 10.    
  If line 15 of your 2006 Schedule D is a loss, go to line 11; otherwise, skip lines 11 through 15.      
11. Enter the loss from your 2006 Schedule D, line 15, as a positive amount 11.    
12. Enter any gain from your 2006 Schedule D, line 7. If a loss, enter -0- 12.        
13. Subtract line 7 from line 6. If zero or less, enter -0- 13.        
14. Add lines 12 and 13 14.    
15. Long-term capital loss carryover for 2007. Subtract line 14 from line 11. If zero or less, enter -0-. If more than zero, also enter this amount on Schedule D, line 14 15.    
             

Line 18

If you checked “Yes” on line 17, complete the worksheet below if either of the following apply for 2007.

  • You reported in Part II a section 1202 exclusion from the eligible gain on qualified small business stock (see page D-4), or

  • You reported in Part II a collectibles gain or (loss). A collectibles gain or (loss) is any long-term gain or deductible long-term loss from the sale or exchange of a collectible that is a capital asset.

Collectibles include works of art, rugs, antiques, metals (such as gold, silver, and platinum bullion), gems, stamps, coins, alcoholic beverages, and certain other tangible property.

Include on the worksheet any gain (but not loss) from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership, S corporation, or trust held for more than 1 year and attributable to unrealized appreciation of collectibles. For details, see Regulations section 1.1(h)-1. Also, attach the statement required under Regulations
section 1.1(h)-1(e).

28% Rate Gain Worksheet—Line 18

1. Enter the total of all collectibles gain or (loss) from items you reported on line 8, column (f), of Schedules D and D-1 1.    
2. Enter as a positive number the amount of any section 1202 exclusion you reported on line 8, column (f), of Schedules D and D-1, for which you excluded 50% of the gain, plus ⅔ of any section 1202 exclusion you reported on line 8, column (f), of Schedules D and D-1, for which you excluded 60% of the gain 2.    
3. Enter the total of all collectibles gain or (loss) from Form 4684, line 4 (but only if Form 4684, line 15, is more than zero); Form 6252; Form 6781, Part II; and Form 8824 3.    
4. Enter the total of any collectibles gain reported to you on:

  • Form 1099-DIV, box 2d;

  • Form 2439, box 1d; and

  • Schedule K-1 from a partnership, S corporation, estate, or trust.
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5. Enter your long-term capital loss carryovers from Schedule D, line 14, and Schedule K-1 (Form 1041),
box 11, code C 		5. ()  
6. If Schedule D, line 7, is a (loss), enter that (loss) here. Otherwise, enter -0- 6. ()  
7. Combine lines 1 through 6. If zero or less, enter -0-. If more than zero, also enter this amount on
Schedule D, line 18 		7.    
                     

Line 19

If you checked “Yes” on line 17, complete the worksheet on page D-9 if any of the following apply for 2007.

  • You sold or otherwise disposed of section 1250 property (generally, real property that you depreciated) held more than 1 year.

  • You received installment payments for section 1250 property held more than 1 year for which you are reporting gain on the installment method.

  • You received a Schedule K-1 from an estate or trust, partnership, or S corporation that shows “unrecaptured section 1250 gain.”

  • You received a Form 1099-DIV or Form 2439 from a real estate investment trust or regulated investment company (including a mutual fund) that reports “unrecaptured section 1250 gain.”

  • You reported a long-term capital gain from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership that owned section 1250 property.

Instructions for the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet

Lines 1 through 3.   If you had more than one property described on line 1, complete lines 1 through 3 for each property on a separate worksheet. Enter the total of the line 3 amounts for all properties on line 3 and go to line 4.

Line 4.   To figure the amount to enter on line 4, follow the steps below for each installment sale of trade or business property held more than 1 year.

Step 1.   Figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of your 2007 Form 4797 (or the comparable lines of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for the property.

Step 2.   Reduce the amount figured in step 1 by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of your 2007 Form 4797 (or the comparable line of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for the property. The result is your total unrecaptured section 1250 gain that must be allocated to the installment payments received from the sale.

Step 3.   Generally, the amount of section 1231 gain on each installment payment is treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain until the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain figured in step 2 has been used in full. Figure the amount of gain treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for installment payments received in 2007 as the smaller of (a) the amount from line 26 or line 37 of your 2007 Form 6252, whichever applies, or (b) the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported. This amount is generally the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale reduced by all gain reported in prior years (excluding section 1250 ordinary income recapture). However, if you chose not to treat all of the gain from payments received after May 6, 1997, and before August 24, 1999, as unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use only the amount you chose to treat as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for those payments to reduce the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported for the sale. Include this amount on line 4.

Line 10.   Include on line 10 your share of the partnership's unrecaptured section 1250 gain that would result if the partnership had transferred all of its section 1250 property in a fully taxable transaction immediately before you sold or exchanged your interest in that partnership. If you recognized less than all of the realized gain, the partnership will be treated as having transferred only a proportionate amount of each section 1250 property. For details, see Regulations section 1.1(h)-1. Also attach the statement required under Regulations
section 1.1(h)-1(e).

Line 12.   An example of an amount to include on line 12 is unrecaptured section 1250 gain from the sale of a vacation home you previously used as a rental property but converted to personal use prior to the sale. To figure the amount to enter on line 12, follow the applicable instructions below.

Installment sales.   To figure the amount to include on line 12, follow the steps below for each installment sale of property held more than 1 year for which you did not make an entry in Part I of your Form 4797 for the year of sale.

  • Step 1. Figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of your 2007 Form 4797 (or the comparable lines of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for the property.

  • Step 2. Reduce the amount figured in step 1 by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of your 2007 Form 4797 (or the comparable line of Form 4797 for the year of sale) for the property. The result is your total unrecaptured section 1250 gain that must be allocated to the installment payments received from the sale.

  • Step 3. Generally, the amount of capital gain on each installment payment is treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain until the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain figured in step 2 has been used in full. Figure the amount of gain treated as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for installment payments received in 2007 as the smaller of (a) the amount from line 26 or line 37 of your 2007 Form 6252, whichever applies, or (b) the amount of unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported. This amount is generally the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale reduced by all gain reported in prior years (excluding section 1250 ordinary income recapture). However, if you chose not to treat all of the gain from payments received after May 6, 1997, and before August 24, 1999, as unrecaptured section 1250 gain, use only the amount you chose to treat as unrecaptured section 1250 gain for those payments to reduce the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain remaining to be reported for the sale. Include this amount on line 12.

Other sales or dispositions of section 1250 property.   For each sale of property held more than 1 year (for which you did not make an entry in Part I of Form 4797), figure the smaller of (a) the depreciation allowed or allowable or (b) the total gain for the sale. This is the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of Form 4797 for the property. Next, reduce that amount by any section 1250 ordinary income recapture for the sale. This is the amount from line 26g of Form 4797 for the property. The result is the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain for the sale. Include this amount on line 12.

Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet—Line 19

  If you are not reporting a gain on Form 4797, line 7, skip lines 1 through 9 and go to line 10.  
1. If you have a section 1250 property in Part III of Form 4797 for which you made an entry in Part I of Form 4797 (but not on Form 6252), enter the smaller of line 22 or line 24 of Form 4797 for that property. If you did not have any such property, go to line 4. If you had more than one such property, see instructions 1.      
2. Enter the amount from Form 4797, line 26g, for the property for which you made an entry on line 1 2.      
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1 3.      
4. Enter the total unrecaptured section 1250 gain included on line 26 or line 37 of Form(s) 6252 from installment sales of trade or business property held more than 1 year (see instructions) 4.      
5. Enter the total of any amounts reported to you on a Schedule K-1 from a partnership or an S corporation as “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” 5.      
6. Add lines 3 through 5 6.      
7. Enter the smaller of line 6 or the gain from Form 4797, line 7 7.      
8. Enter the amount, if any, from Form 4797, line 8 8.      
9. Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- 9.      
10. Enter the amount of any gain from the sale or exchange of an interest in a partnership attributable to unrecaptured section 1250 gain (see instructions) 10.      
11. Enter the total of any amounts reported to you on a Schedule K-1, Form 1099-DIV, or Form 2439 as “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” from an estate, trust, real estate investment trust, or mutual fund (or other regulated investment company) 11.      
12. Enter the total of any unrecaptured section 1250 gain from sales (including installment sales) or other dispositions of section 1250 property held more than 1 year for which you did not make an entry in Part I of Form 4797 for the year of sale (see instructions) 12.      
13. Add lines 9 through 12 13.      
14. If you had any section 1202 gain or collectibles gain or (loss), enter the total of lines 1 through 4 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet on page D-8. Otherwise, enter -0- 14.      
15. Enter the (loss), if any, from Schedule D, line 7. If Schedule D, line 7, is zero or a gain, enter -0- 15.   ()  
16. Enter your long-term capital loss carryovers from Schedule D, line 14, and Schedule K-1 (Form 1041), box 11, code C 16.   ()  
17. Combine lines 14 through 16. If the result is a (loss), enter it as a positive amount. If the result is zero or a gain, enter -0- 17.      
18. Unrecaptured section 1250 gain. Subtract line 17 from line 13. If zero or less, enter -0-. If more than zero, enter the result here and on Schedule D, line 19 18.      
                 

Line 21

You have a capital loss carryover from 2007 to 2008 if you have a loss on line 16 and either:

  • That loss is more than the loss on line 21, or

  • The amount on Form 1040, line 41 (or Form 1040NR, line 38, if applicable) is less than zero.

To figure any capital loss carryover to 2008, you will use the Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet in the 2008 Instructions for Schedule D. If you want to figure your carryover now, see Pub. 550.

Copy of prior Form 1040
You will need a copy of your 2007 Form 1040 and Schedule D to figure your capital loss carryover to 2008.

Schedule D Tax Worksheet

  Complete this worksheet only if line 18 or line 19 of Schedule D is more than zero. Otherwise, complete the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet on page 35 of the Instructions for Form 1040 (or in the Instructions for Form 1040NR) to figure your tax.  
 
Exception: Do not use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet or this worksheet to figure your tax if:

  • Line 15 or line 16 of Schedule D is zero or less and you have no qualified dividends on Form 1040, line 9b (or Form 1040NR, line 10b); or

  • Form 1040, line 43 (or Form 1040NR, line 40) is zero or less.


Instead, see the instructions for Form 1040, line 44 (or Form 1040NR, line 41). 		 
 
  1.   Enter your taxable income from Form 1040, line 43 (or Form 1040NR, line 40) 1.      
  2.   Enter your qualified dividends from Form 1040, line 9b (or Form 1040NR, line 10b) 2.        
  3.   Enter the amount from Form 4952 (used to figure investment interest expense deduction), line 4g 3.        
  4.   Enter the amount from Form 4952, line 4e* 4.        
  5.   Subtract line 4 from line 3. If zero or less, enter -0- 5.        
  6.   Subtract line 5 from line 2. If zero or less, enter -0- 6.        
  7.   Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 16 of Schedule D 7.        
  8.   Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 4 8.        
  9.   Subtract line 8 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- 9.        
  10.   Add lines 6 and 9 10.        
  11.   Add lines 18 and 19 of Schedule D 11.        
  12.   Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 11 12.        
  13.   Subtract line 12 from line 10 13.      
  14.   Subtract line 13 from line 1. If zero or less, enter -0- 14.      
  15.   Enter the smaller of:  
      • The amount on line 1 or
•$31,850 if single or married filing separately;
$63,700 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er); or
$42,650 if head of household
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  16.   Enter the smal