What happened? A client has me preparing his US 1040 and Minnesota returns for him and his deceased wife. The 1099 for 2004 from Smith Barney is 22 pages long. He was put on his wife's account shortly before her death and although my clients were both US citizens, the Duluth office of Smith Barney deducted $7,924.16 in income taxes. My client spotted it on page 11 which was lucky because page 2 of the 1099 only shows $00.23 tax deducted and ignored the $7,923.93 of tax which was withheld on gross sales of $34,289.93 which resulted in an actual loss of some $2,826.37 comprised of a gain of $1,989.05 and a loss of $4,815.42. If my client had not wondered about it, I would not likely have seen it because I would not have expected the situation to have occurred. And, because account was going up, he did not notice the tax deducted was disappearing from the account. You might want to check any Smith Barney accounts you have and make sure that the same thing did not happen to your account. Smith Barney gave the fact that there was no W-9 on file. However, my client was never asked for a W-9 and the account clearly had the wife's US Social Security number on the 1099. Answers to this and other similar questions can be obtained free on Air every Sunday morning. Every Sunday at 9:00 AM on 600AM in Vancouver, I, david ingram am a permanent guest on Fred Snyder of Dundee Wealth Managers' LIVE talk show called "ITS YOUR MONEY" Those outside of the Lower Mainland will be able to listen on the internet at www.600AM.com Call (604) 280-0600 to have your question answered. BC listeners can also call 1-866-778-0600. Callers to the show and questioners on this board can also attend the Thursday Night seminars on finance and making your Canadian Mortgage Interest deductible. 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