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How do I calculate cost basis of restricted stock grant if price dropped by half and the company withheld shares to pay for taxes but did not show anything on the 1098-B?

I was given 1,300 Restricted Stock Grants in June of 2010. When I was let go in Jan 2013 they issued the Restricted Stock Grant certificate to me and based on vesting they gave me 563 shares out of the 1,300 at a share price of $19.55 and withheld 210 shares to pay for taxes so I was only given a certificate for 353 shares. I did not cash the shares but in July 2018 the company "called" for the stock certificates and bought my 353 shares at the market value of only $9.65 as the value of the company was dropping. With all that said, how do I calculate cost basis given the drop in share price and how do I note the company withheld shares to pay for taxes but did not show anything on the 1098-B they just mailed to me. Please advise.
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How do I calculate cost basis of restricted stock grant if price dropped by half and the company withheld shares to pay for taxes but did not show anything on the 1098-B?

I assume you did not make a Section 83(b) election when you received the grant; that certain appears to be the case given what you've posted.

"they gave me 563 shares out of the 1,300 at a share price of $19.55 and withheld 210 shares to pay for taxes so I was only given a certificate for 353 shares."

What should have happened here is that Box 1 of your W-2 should have included "compensation" in the amount of (563 x $19.55) $11,006.65 and the various "taxes" boxes should have included the (210 x $19.55) $4,105.50 withheld.  Entering your 2013 W-2 should have been all you needed to put on your 2013 income tax return in the absence of a 1099-B for the 210 shares of your stock that was, in effect "sold for taxes."  (In this situation I wouldn't expect that you'd get a 1099-B.)

"With all that said, how do I calculate cost basis given the drop in share price and how do I note the company withheld shares to pay for taxes but did not show anything on the 1098-B they just mailed to me."

Your per share basis was fixed at that $19.55 figure at the time of the vesting.  You have a long term capital loss of (($9.65 - $19.55) x (353)) $3,494.70.  The "capital" transaction - the sale of the shares - is completely separate and distinct from the original vesting which created "compensation" and the need for the associated "withholding."  Those taxes were reported in 2013.

Tom Young

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