Ameriprize 1099-B Undetermined Term Smart-Check questions

You need to provide an acquisition date and a cost basis for each asset sale.  If you don't have the acquisition date, or there are multiple acquisition dates, use "Various".  You will need to determine the cost basis.  Even though it's not on the Form 1099-B, your broker may have the information, so check with them first.  If you inherited the assets in question, then your cost basis is the value on the date of death.  Historical stock, mutual fund, ETF prices are available on a multitude of investment related web sites.  If you can't determine the cost basis, or a reasonable method to estimate it, you will have to use $0.00.  If you do not enter an acquisition date in TurboTax to go along with the sales date, the program cannot calculate whether the gain/loss is long or short term - you will have to determine that.  If the acquisition date is not on the 1099-B, it probably longer term.  The Code to use for Long Term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis was not reported to the IRS is E.  For short term it is B.

Thanks! It is not inherited. I also have an email into our rep, so I'll see if he knows or can find out. Although I find it hard to believe info this critical would be left out of a 1099-B without a good reason or a well-known answer from the company.