Using my brokerage's statement, here's an example of how I record the merger in quicken:
Let's say I have 100 shares of ACAS bought at $25 per share for a total of $2,500. First I record a "sell" of the 100 shares at $18.06 per share, so
1/5/2017 sell 100 shares ACAS proceed = $1,806 (cap loss = $694)
Then I "buy" 0.483 x 100 = 48.3 shares of ARCC at $16.42 per share
Then I sell the 0.3 share of ARCC at $16.71 per share and get $5.01. I don't know where my broker pull the $16.71 price from. Since the 0.3 share cost $4.93, I have a short term gain of $0.08.
So, 3 transactions are recorded in quicken for this merger. I hope I got this right.
