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Capital Gains Estimator incorrect Loss Carryover

With my Quicken data file, the Capital Gains Estimator is insistent on using a $100,000 Short Term Loss Carryover no matter what values I try to enter into the Estimator tool. I have tried selecting the 'Enter different values' option and entering positive, negative and zero values in the form, but as soon as I hit 'Next', those values disappear and the Detailed Calculations for Before Proposed Sales and After Proposed Sales use a short term loss carryover value of $100K.
I have checked the Tax Planner and the carryover loss values are zero for both short and long term. I have tried 'Update YTD capital gains', I have run a Validate & Repair on my Quicken file including Validate and Rebuild investing lots. I have no placeholder entries. The $100K loss carryover does not appear on any other report or tool I can find. I'm totally frustrated at trying to find and correct this issue.
Does anyone have any ideas? In am running Quicken Windows 2019 R21.17.
I have checked the Tax Planner and the carryover loss values are zero for both short and long term. I have tried 'Update YTD capital gains', I have run a Validate & Repair on my Quicken file including Validate and Rebuild investing lots. I have no placeholder entries. The $100K loss carryover does not appear on any other report or tool I can find. I'm totally frustrated at trying to find and correct this issue.
Does anyone have any ideas? In am running Quicken Windows 2019 R21.17.
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Jeff
The 3000 may have to do with the limit you are allowed to deduct.
So I am left with entering the sale transaction(s) "for real" for what I am researching, then running Quicken's capital gains report to get the info I am looking for, and then deleting those sale transactions. It's more work, and with the Estimator tool available for this purpose, it's work that shouldn't have to be done. And doing "what if's" in this manner are clumsy, at the least. Alternatively, an EXCEL spreadsheet could be used but that has its own set of issues.
It seems that a coded variable, or more than one, in the CG Estimator are "stuck" and a fix should be provided. The CG Estimator could be a useful tool if a few issues could be sorted, this being one. I think it needs a good scrubbing by the software team.
The print output also is not very useful. If Step 2 is expanded to show lots, and there are enough lots to get a scroll bar, the only lots that show in the printout are whats visible on the screen.