I understand that I can use the Cap Gains estimator but that's too involved
and unnecessary. Money Plus stores the cost basis somewhere since it shows
up in the Summary Total Cost in Portfolio Manager view. Why not add it to
the lot so I can use it in that view and also export that information?

Currently, any reports I create from Excel or Access show a $0 cost basis
and that's a problem.

Thanks,

Miles

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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In microsoft.public.money, Miles wrote:

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Go to
Taxes-> CapitalGainsEstimator-> EstimateCapitalGainsTax, and expand
to show lots for a given stock using the [+] in front of the stock.
Scroll to the area of interest.


While at the Capital Gains Estimator, you can also enter values in
the QtyToSell column and see the effects of the proposed sale(s) in
the Results box at the bottom of the screen.

I recently closed a brokerage account and moved stock to another, already
existing broker. In Money Plus, I used the action "Transfer Out" to move the
stock from the old broker to broker that I kept. Not a problem.

In Portfolio Manager view, the stock transfer shows up but the individual
lot that transferred doesn't show a cost basis, while the summary of the lots
for the stock does show a cost basis. Is there a way to see the cost basis
for the transferred stock while in Portfolio Manager view?

Example, I had 100 shares of Microsoft at the old broker, say I bought it at
$20 =$2,000 cost basis - then Transferred Out. I also own 100 separate
shares of Microsoft at the broker I'm keeping, say bought at $15 = $1,500
cost basis.

In Portfolio Manager, the summary position in Microsoft rightly shows 200
shares and a cost basis of $3,500. But when I expand the summary to see the
2 lots, only the lot that wasn't transferred - the lot that was always with
the existing broker - shows a cost basis. The transferred lot doesn't show a
cost basis.

The problem is that from a tax stand point, I can't quickly see what lot to
use when I sell the stock. In addition, when I use the Excel Add-In to move
Money data into Excel (and ultimately Access for reporting), the cost basis
of this transferred lot is $0, which is not accurate.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks,

Miles