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Old 03-02-2009, 05:02 AM
Steve Pope
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<bwilde[at]gmail.com> wrote:

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> This past year, I participated in my company's ESPP every quarter.
> Towards the end of 2008, I sold all of the stock that I'd bought
> during each quarter. Now that it's time to fill out my short-term
> capital gains forms, I'm having trouble figuring out what to put for
> my purchase date, and cost/basis because I'd been making purchases (at
> different prices, obviously) throughout the year, since my stock sale
> is listed on a single row despite the fact that it represents multiple
> purchases.


You made a disqualifying disposition of ESPP stock. There is
some information on the Fairmark site here:

http://www.fairmark.com/execcomp/espp/dispositions.htm

Steve

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Old 03-02-2009, 03:10 AM
Phil Marti
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Default Re: ESPP Purchace Date/Cost/Basis

<bwilde[at]gmail.com> wrote:

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> This past year, I participated in my company's ESPP every quarter.
> Towards the end of 2008, I sold all of the stock that I'd bought
> during each quarter. Now that it's time to fill out my short-term
> capital gains forms, I'm having trouble figuring out what to put for
> my purchase date, and cost/basis because I'd been making purchases (at
> different prices, obviously) throughout the year, since my stock sale
> is listed on a single row despite the fact that it represents multiple
> purchases.


See the Schedule D instructions. You use "various" as the purchase date and
add up your investments. If there was a bargain element taxed as wages you
add that amount to the amount you actually paid.

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Old 03-02-2009, 01:56 AM
bwilde@gmail.com
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Default ESPP Purchace Date/Cost/Basis

Hello,

This past year, I participated in my company's ESPP every quarter.
Towards the end of 2008, I sold all of the stock that I'd bought
during each quarter. Now that it's time to fill out my short-term
capital gains forms, I'm having trouble figuring out what to put for
my purchase date, and cost/basis because I'd been making purchases (at
different prices, obviously) throughout the year, since my stock sale
is listed on a single row despite the fact that it represents multiple
purchases.

Any help here would be extremely useful. (Sorry if this is a dumb
question...)

Thanks,
Ben

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