Mark to Market Election Question

Discussion in 'Taxes and Accounting' started by Dominic, Jun 8, 2007.

  1. Dominic

    Dominic

    I believe if you take the mark to market election, that allows you to claim all trading losses in a single year, instead of having to spread out the losess $3K per year into the future.

    If someone was to claim the MTM, then the next year loss -$50K, then the next year loss -$50K and another -$50K for the third year, would it be a wash if on the fourth year they made +$150K?

    Any insight or direction would be appreciated.

    Thanks


    Dominic