I'm a user like you so I'm not going to post my email in here since every spammer in the world with an Internet connection can see it.
But as I said, if ALL your EMC lots have a per share basis between $6.07 and $29.30 - which seems highly probable - then lumping them together the way you did will result in the exact right answer for income tax reporting purposes - at least according to my interpretation of the deal..
This is a terribly complex deal and I GUARANTEE you that most income tax returns that report this transaction will be wrong. Heck, I can't even claim with 100% certainty that I'm correct. Even though I revel in the "small stuff" details I know as a practical matter that "close enough" usually suffices when it comes to income tax reporting. The chances of getting audited are incredibly long and most IRS auditors won't understand the deal either. Go with my numbers, go with your original numbers, try you own hand at coming up with the numbers. Do you best and go with it, and don't lose a minute of sleep.
