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CALCULATOR FOR STOCK SPINOFFS
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Enter your data separately for each tax lot (i.e. purchase date):
1. Name of stock received in spinoff or enter your own data:
2. Name of original stock
3. Date of distribution of spinoff (mm/dd/yyyy)
4. Purchase date of original stock (tax lot)
5. Spinoff ratio (for example .5 in a 1 for 2 spinoff)
6. Percent allocation of cost basis to new spinoff stock (for example, .2 for 20%)
7. Percent allocation of cost basis to original stock (for example .8 for 80%)
8. Number of shares of original stock, adjusted for splits since purchase (no commas)
9. Total cost of original stock purchase, including commissions and fees, adjusted for previous spinoffs $ (no commas)
10. Cash received in lieu of fractional shares (often denoted as CIL) (enter 0.00 if none) $
11. Tax status of spinoff, enter 1 for tax-free, 2 for taxable, 3 for return of capital, 4 for mixed status
12. If tax status is taxable or mixed, enter market value per share on date of distribution of spinoff stock received. If tax status is tax-free, enter 0.00
13. If tax status is return of capital or mixed, enter any return of capital per share of original stock. If tax status is tax-free or if there was no return of capital, enter 0.00
14. Additional information
15. Name of tax information statement if available