A method involving at least in partial utilization a programmed computer for verifying tax losses with proper documentation to substantiate the loss acceptable to tax authorities. In one embodiment, crystallization for a financial loss from orphaned capital is achieved by determining with the programmed computer the existence of orphaned capital within an investment portfolio and the type of the orphaned capital. The owner information is determined and subsequently a purchase and sale agreement between the owner and a clearing entity is effected at a predetermined selling price. The orphaned capital is then sold and documentation evidencing sale and transfer of the orphaned capital is issued to the owner for crystallization of said financial loss In other embodiments, a database of orphaned capital may be provided with the orphaned capital information being collected with a suitable program for mining such information. This information can then be conveyed to the clearing entity.
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