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How to properly enter Adjsted Cost Basis and other info related to sale of ESPP and RSUs

Hi there,

I have sold ESPP and RSUs from previous employer. I have ETrade Supplemental and also form 3922 of past years from the years when they were bought.

 

After importing ETrade forms, I selected the option which said "My 1099-B has info I know isn't right, or it has extra info I need to add" .

 

ESPP:

Now I click Edit on each ESPP Shares and I reached the screen "Tell us about your E-Trade 1099B". I have the form  Here are my questions:

 

1) Should I change the amount of Total cost basis (sum off all 1e) with the Adjusted Cost basis from ETrade Supplement form or should I proceed as below in screen "Tell us about your E-Trade 1099B"? Or should I leave it as original cost basis in 1099B?

 

2) Upon Continue and clicking done, should I do the following?

  a) Choose: "This stock was acquired through Employee Stock Purchase Plan ->

  b) Chose ESPP->

  c) Chose Employer from drop down though 2 entries appear for my employer - One in caps and one in lower case. I chose one of them.->

  d) I then chose "Walk me through adding more info.:" -> 

  e) Enter 15 for discount ->

  f) Yes (one purchase lot) ->

  g) "Yes I have form 3922"

  h)  Enter all the info from from 3922 in the screen "Let's get some purchase info about this ESPP sale from Form 3922)

  j) I get the screen "Good news: We've adjusted your ESPP cost basis for you". The adjusted values shown match the values in my ETrade 1099-Supplemental.

  k) "Compensation Income" screen comes up.

 

3) In the "Compensation income" screen, is the following the right way? I ask because I did not have to enter all this in TT Premier 2019 , it just prompted me to enter "Adjusted Cost Basis" which is not in this 2020 TT version.

a) I notice that the profit shown  = "Total Proceeds-Cost Basis", which higher the Adjusted Gain shown in Supplement. I hope that is ok. Continue ->

b) In the "Capital Gain" screen, Long-term gain shown = Adjusted Cost basis shown in Supplemental Form.

c) Screen : "Select any less common adjustments that apply" I choose Continue ->

 

4) After performing all the above steps, when I click on "done" and go back to Edit , I see "Cost Basis" and not adjusted cost basis in "Box 1e" in the screen "Tell us about your E*Trade Securities LLCc1099-B". Is that ok?

 

RSU:

 

1) I edit each RSU ->

2) Screen "Tell us about your E*Trade Securities LLCC 1099-B": Box 1e is red and empty. Is it ok to enter the Adjusted Cost basis from my ETrade Supplement here?

3) Once I enter the screen "Enter vesting (or Release) information" screen, is it ok to enter the values here from my ETrade -> Tax Information -> Cost Basis -> Document from employer about release of those shares?

 

Is the above the right procedure to enter the information for ESPP and RSUs? I see many different options and hence would appreciate your kind confirmation and advicee.

 

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Regards.

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How to properly enter Adjsted Cost Basis and other info related to sale of ESPP and RSUs

The only way I could get the adjustment to cost basis (based on compensation income) was to use the ""Walk me through adding more info.:" ->" 

 

See this post: https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/investments-and-rental-properties/discussion/re-espp-why-did-tt-po...

 

When I try to do it the right way, TurboTax does not adjust the cost basis and uses the incorrect market-value cost basis (hence double taxation - negative for you) - I also don't get a 3922 so our situations aren't exactly the same 

 

There must be a bug with the 2020 software (see also all the rounding errors with 8949s) - they changed something because this worked fine in 2019 for me

 

No idea on RSUes but I see more than a few threads on those in here...

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