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@BobKamman wrote:

It's getting more difficult to argue against playing "trick the computer" games, when IRS itself is suggesting it with the 1099-K problem.

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I agree.  I'm not a huge fan of the Sch 1 8z/24z in/out suggestion from the 1040 instructions.  I fully expect some sort of glitch involving a "Modified AGI" calculation somewhere, either in software or in the IRS systems.  <shrug>  One return at a time.