DavidD66
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Investors & landlords

It is up to you to track, determine your cost basis.  If you have an account at a brokerage firm (Schwab, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, etc.) , their research department can easily calculate it for you.  If you don't have an account with a firm that will do that, there are websites with online calculators that will calculate your cost basis.  There are free ones, and there are subscription sites.  You can also look up the dividend per share paid each quarter since you bought the stock, and do the calculations yourself.  You can also use a cost basis of zero.  Finally, you can look up the low price that the stock has traded at since you bought it, and use that.

 

 

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