Worthless securities include securities that you abandon. To abandon a security, you must permanently surrender and relinquish all rights in the security and receive no consideration in exchange for it. Give them to your Broker. They throw them in their basket of goodies. Report worthless securities on Part I or Part II of Form 8949.
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