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If you simply sold the original 100 shares then you would report the cost as 100*55 ($5500) plus commissions that you paid on the purchase. However, if for instance there had been a split (say 2:1), and you now held 200 shares and sold 100, the cost of the 100 that you sold would be 1/2 the cost of the original 100 that you purchased (100*27.5 plus 1/2 the original commission). Had there been a spin off and you received other stock or cash as a result then the "cost" calculation can get more complicated and depend on the particular rules of the reorganization.
If you simply sold the original 100 shares then you would report the cost as 100*55 ($5500) plus commissions that you paid on the purchase. However, if for instance there had been a split (say 2:1), and you now held 200 shares and sold 100, the cost of the 100 that you sold would be 1/2 the cost of the original 100 that you purchased (100*27.5 plus 1/2 the original commission). Had there been a spin off and you received other stock or cash as a result then the "cost" calculation can get more complicated and depend on the particular rules of the reorganization.
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