Portfolio Conversion

Apr 10, 2008 4 Replies

Using Quicken 2008 Home & Business



I have a 529 plan for my kids. One of their accounts did a portfolio conversion. The name stays the same but it has all of the characteristics of a sale and new purchase. In other words, the number of shares & the price per share completely changed as if I have a new stock (which in reality... I do). But since it is a 529 plan, the name has not changed.



I don't want to create a new fund & transfer everything from one to the other. Besides, that would inaccurately show a Capital Gains (all though no big deal in a 529 plan).



What is the proper way of doing this type of Transfer?


How about treating it like a stock split? I'm assuming here that total value ($ x #shs) before and after the event are the same ... even though both $ and # changed.

db

That is a idea? And actually my account number did not change. The 529 is with American Century but thru a middle company that manages the 529. While the accounts change with respect to AC & the 529 company, my account number is the same.

I just don't know what the ramifications of a stock split will do by the end of the year... tax wise.

A stock split will have no impact on your tax situation ... because you're not receiving anything tangible. The "pieces of the pie" that you own are just being cut differently.

So if you had $2000 before the event and $2000 after the event that fact that you've got a different number of pieces (i.e., shares) is irrelevant.

db

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