Investing

i appreciate people trying to help but if you don't understand the question it does help for you to answer

It's not a question of not tracking my basis . The things that change my basis are capital  improvements and the sale which am doing right now.  This dollar amount called relinquished property equity was given at the time of the exchange. Is this what the IRS thinks was the basis at the time of the exchange?  I know how to calculate basis since then