If the spinoff shares were different from the original shares, it's not clear whether the the spinoff shares should be treated as a stock dividend or some other way for tax purposes. What were the names of the original company and the acquiring company? Given that the spinoff happened twenty years ago, it may not be possible to research how the company characterized, for tax purposes, the spinoff shares.
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