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ahgatto
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posted 02-12-2002 01:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ahgatto     Edit/Delete Message
I am recording a sale of a mutual fund and for tax purposes the basis of the sold shares should be the avg cost basis of all lots at the time of sale. How can I get FN to record this. Each separate lot that was purchased is set up as a separate asset on my balance sheet. They are all format type 46 and have the same ticker symbol as a reference.

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Pamela
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posted 02-14-2002 09:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pamela   Click Here to Email Pamela     Edit/Delete Message
You need to combine your lots into one lot. In order to maintain a good audit trail:

  1. Sell all lots of fund
  2. Change all tax codes on sold lots to "No Tax Effect"
    1. Select Accounts|Tax Code Changes
    2. Select the sold account
    3. Select No Tax Effect
    4. Select OK
    5. Repeat for all sold lots
  3. Buy back total quantity with average cost basis and date of purchase to reflect the proper time period (i.e. over/under 1 year for long term or short term gain/loss purposes)
  4. Sell new total lot.

Make sure you put a memo line for each sold lot and the new combined lot (i.e. selling to combine multiple lots into one lot - or something to that effect.)

It is very important to make sure the multiple sold lots have the "no tax effect" tax code or the sales will go on the Schedule D.

[This message has been edited by fni_support (edited 05-17-2004).]

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