And I was wondering all this while, on how to report the dividend - THIS IS SO CLEAR ;) > -- > Mark J. Bobak > Senior Oracle Architect > ProQuest Information & Learning > > "Exception: Some dividends may be reported as > qualified dividends but > are not qualified dividends. These include: > > * Dividends you received on any share of stock that > you held for less > than 61 days during the 121-day period that began 60 > days before the > ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is the first > date following the > declaration of a dividend on which the purchaser of > a stock is not > entitled to receive the next dividend payment. When > counting the number > of days you held the stock, include the day you > disposed of the stock > but not the day you acquired it. See the examples > below. Also, when > counting the number of days you held the stock, you > cannot count certain > days during which your risk of loss was diminished. > See Pub. 550 for > more details." > > --IRS, Form 1040-A Instruction Booklet, Line 9b: > Qualified Dividends > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l