People invest with the hope of earning a return over time. But what happens when you choose to sell? Cost basis is key to understanding your tax obligations and the true profit of your investments.

Fortunately, calculating your cost basis is much simpler than this. Photo: Bryan Alexander, Flickr If you want to calculate how much you've gained or lost on an investment, you'll need to know your ...

Calculating the cost basis of cryptocurrency for tax purposes involves considering purchase prices, transaction fees and events such as hard forks or staking rewards. In the context of ...

I sold a bit of stock in 2024. A lot was AAPL bought via options in 2012. E-Trade no longer has any documents from back then. Since then there have been a stock split or 3, and a bunch of dividend ...

Q. I have an inherited IRA from my grandmother. I receive small Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) annually since she passed in 2008. What is the cost basis of an inherited IRA for New Jersey? I ...

I may be off with the terminology but here is what I'm trying to do. I have downloaded all of my transactions for my retirement funds for the last few years. For each transaction, I have the number of ...

Q. I have an inherited IRA from my grandmother. I receive small Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) annually since she passed in 2008. What is the cost basis of an inherited IRA for New Jersey? I ...