Portfolio and trading platforms
Exploring a defensible exception workflow before taking on a specialist calculation engine.
Workflow infrastructure · research preview
A proposed integration layer for surfacing incomplete inputs and potential wash-sale exceptions across synthetic account data—built for platforms and advisers evaluating a narrower reconciliation workflow.
Not built yet · not tax advice · no filing or accuracy claims
01 · THE OPEN PROBLEM
Broker records may not resolve taxpayer-level activity spanning multiple accounts. That can leave product teams and advisers assembling exports, checking history coverage, and routing ambiguous cases for specialist review.
02 · THE NARROW HYPOTHESIS
Lotline is testing whether teams would pay for an integration layer that identifies missing history, linked-account activity, and unresolved lot relationships—without claiming to determine a tax result.
03 · WHO THIS TEST IS FOR
Exploring a defensible exception workflow before taking on a specialist calculation engine.
Mapping how incomplete and cross-account data reaches a qualified tax professional.
Testing whether an integration gap remains alongside established specialist software.
Not for: individual tax filing, automated tax conclusions, IRS-compliance claims, or replacing a qualified professional.
04 · SYNTHETIC INTERFACE
This example is mocked to test workflow usefulness. The endpoint, response, figures, and status labels are illustrative and do not represent completed calculation logic.
POST /research/lots/review
{
"account_scope": ["acct_1", "acct_2"],
"history_complete_through": "2026-07-31",
"transactions": ["synthetic_sample"]
}
RESEARCH RESPONSE
{
"exceptions": ["replacement_activity_review"],
"missing_inputs": ["prior_year_history"],
"status": "specialist_review_needed"
}05 · FOUNDING RESEARCH
The proposed first engagement maps imports, account linking, exception handling, specialist review, and acceptance criteria. Scope and pricing would be agreed in writing; no fixed SaaS price is represented here.
What is real: a working research site, synthetic workflow examples, and a structured buyer interview.
What is not real yet: a production API, tax determinations, filing output, compliance certification, or customer results.
Required before launch: tax-professional approval of the framing and one paid discovery engagement.
06 · YOUR SIGNAL
Tell us what you are building and how you handle this workflow today. That evidence matters more than a generic email signup.