Just to clarify, because on some state tax returns, it matters.
I was given Publix Common Stock.
No, you were not *GIVEN* anything. You earned it by working for Publix. So do you have a cost basis in it, which most commonly would be whatever it's market price was at the closing bell on the day you received that stock. You won't receive any tax paperwork on this (such as a 1099-B) until you sell the stock.
