What is my cost basis for tax purposes of my Agilent shares that I got from the spin-off from Hewlett-Packard? June 2, 2000, was the record date of the Agilent ...
What is my cost basis for tax purposes of my Agilent shares that I got from the
Mar 21, 2014
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A few moments of googlage finds this historical price page on their web site:
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3274&p=irol-stockLookup&t=HistQuote&control_firstdatereturnedOn that date, split adjusted high 77.26, open and low 69.25, close 77.03
That doesn't tell John what his cost basis is since Agilent was a tax-free spinoff from HP. The correct answer is that 22% of his original cost basis in HP was allocated to the Agilent shares and 78% remained with the HP shares. See
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for details. Ira Smilovitz
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