Stock - Record Deposit Transaction

Considerations

Enter a Deposit transaction to add shares and cost basis for unusual transactions like voluntary corporate actions, transfers out, gifted shares or to make minor share adjustments. Deposit transactions will not show up in your Buy activity, Realized gain/loss reports, or your Schedule D. They are intended for transactions that do not generate any proceeds or capital gain/loss.

Click one of the icons above to view either a list of the transactions available for that category, or click the Baseline Holdings icon to access the Add New Baseline Holdings page.

Procedure

From the Manually Record Trades page, click the Stock icon to access the Stock - Record Transaction page. From this page, select Deposit from the Action drop-down list. The Stock - Record Deposit Transaction page displays.

1. Select the account to which to record this transaction, from the In Account drop-down list. If you only have one account, this drop-down list is not displayed.

2. By default, the Action on this page is set to Deposit. To change this, select a different transaction from the Action drop-down list. The fields that display depend on the transaction that is selected.

3. Enter the purchase date of the security in the Purchase Date (mm/dd/yyyy) field. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate purchase date from the calendar that displays.

4. Do one of the following:

• Select the Symbol radio button - Enter the security Symbol in the field provided and select whether it is Long or Short. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct symbol for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding 9-digit CUSIP displays in the CUSIP field.

• Select the CUSIP radio button - Enter the 9-digit CUSIP of the security in the field provided. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered  the correct CUSIP for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding security symbol displays in the Symbol field.

5. Select the type of security from the Security Type drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Stock for this transaction.

6. Enter the number of shares owned as of the deposit date in the Shares as of Deposit Date field.

7. Enter the date of the deposit in the Deposit Date field. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate deposit date from the calendar that displays.

8. Enter the total cost of the shares as of the deposit date in the Total Cost as of Deposit Date field.

9. To record the Deposit transaction, click the Record button. To record the transaction and continue to enter additional transactions, click the Record & Repeat button. To leave this page, without recording the transaction, click the Cancel button.

Example

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