You said that you made the exact amount of money you made last year and then Susie pointed out your stocks which, did change. Your a moron to say the least as you don't understand jack shit about stocks. If you have a loss on a stock and make a profit on another stock you can write off the entire loss against the profit. If you have no profit you can only write off $3000.00 a year which was my case both years so the tax returns were equal. Wake up and shut up as you know jack shit.