Use these shortcuts to access our most popular cost basis tools and calculators.
Where applicable, the blue hyper-link will take you to the website page with more information about when and how to use the particular calculator.
Click on the images in the column at the right for each of the following:
Stock Lookup Tool for history of stock splits and changes (called corporate actions) for widely-held stocks. The database is not complete and is not guaranteed for accuracy. On the other hand, it's free!
Stock Lookup Tool
Spinoff Calculator for cost basis of spinoff stock received, revised basis for original stock, and gain or loss on cash received in lieu of fractional shares.
Stock Merger Calculator for gain or loss to recognize for cash in lieu of fractional shares on tax-free mergers.
Stock Split Calculator for cost basis of cash received in lieu of fractional shares as a result of a stock split.
Spinoff Calculator
Stock Merger Calculator
Stock Split Calculator
Split-Off Calculator for cost basis of subsidiary company shares exchanged for parent company shares.
Split-Off Calculator
Split-Up Calculator where the original stock you owned is cleaved in two and you receive the shares of two new companies.
Split-Up Calculator
Stock Rights Calculator for gain or loss to recognize on sale of rights and cash received in lieu of fractional rights.
Stock Rights Calculator
Gift Calculator for computing cost basis of gifts using rules for carryover basis, fair market vaue, and basis for gain versus basis for loss.
Gift Calculator
SPDR Gold Shares Calculator (stock symbol GLD) for investment expenses and capital gain/loss recognized at each expense payment date.
SPDR Gold Shares-GLD calculator
iShares COMEX Gold Trust calculator (stock symbol IAU) for investment expenses and capital gain/loss recognized at each expense payment date.
iShares COMEX Gold (IAU) calculator
iShares Silver Trust calculator (stock symbol SLV) for investment expenses and capital gain/loss recognized at each expense payment date.
Section 302 Test Calculator to determine if a "cash to boot" merger will be treated as a redemption or a dividend when you owned shares of both companies before the merger.
