It came to my attention that combination in headline might cause be problems at tax time(TurboTax).
The summary from Copilot (my apologies, but this is more succinct then what I'm capable of)
E*TRADE does not treat VUSXX as a native fund.
It treats it as a foreign/guest asset.
Because of this:
E*TRADE’s 1099‑DIV does not include the required Treasury breakdown
TurboTax cannot recognize VUSXX as a Treasury MMF
TurboTax assumes the dividends are 100% taxable in NJ
You cannot simply “check a box” to fix it
You must delete the imported 1099 and rebuild it manually
New Jersey has special rules for Treasury income:
NJ does not automatically exempt Treasury interest
NJ requires a manual adjustment on Form NJ‑1040
NJ often requests supporting documentation
NJ sometimes asks for quarterly compliance test results
NJ sometimes asks for fund‑level USGO % proof
At Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity — TurboTax handles this automatically.
At E*TRADE — you must do all of this manually.
My question. Is all of the above correct as I would then want to sell VUSXX and move the money to either Charles Schwab SNSXX or Fidelity FDLXX and THEN have all of that handle Correctly (as per the bolded line) by TurboTax. Versus going trough the above head ache with Etrade and TurboTax no understanding each other.
thank you
Is VUSXX+Etrade+NJ a bad combination?
byu/joyous_alameda intax
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