Anybody bought one of these special tax guides for traders. Are they worth the price? Capital Gains, Minimal Taxes 12/12/2000, 306 pgs, $23.95 http://www.fairmark.com/books/cgmt.htm GreenTraderTax.com also has a book specifically for traders. 61 pgs, $44.95 http://www.greencompany.com/2001GTTTraderTaxGuidesDescriptions.htm I usually just buy J.K. Lasser's book which is mostly a rehash of the IRS publications, but it's cheap. J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2001, $12.76, 800 pages http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471391190
Here are some other books by Ted Tesser "The Trader's Tax Solution" http://www.taxtrader.com/products.html#financial FYI Here is a collection of articles about taxes for traders on thestreet.com http://www.thestreet.com/basics/tradertaxes/716317.html