- 6 - 2. Petitioner’s Merck Stock Transactions a. Purchases of Merck Stock On August 1, 1997, petitioner held 1,276.4571 shares of Merck stock in his Schwab account. The record contains no information from which to compute petitioner’s basis in that stock. Petitioner bought additional shares of Merck stock in 1997 and 1998 as follows: Date No. of shares Total price 8/15/97 50 $4,701.88 10/2/97 15.9803 596.91 10/31/97 100 8,244.00 1/5/98 16.0173 644.60 2/xx/98 100 12,911.20 2/26/98 100 12,679.95 3/6/98 80 9,979.75 4/2/98 15.305 692.30 4/16/98 300 36,329.95 4/27/98 500 57,467.45 6/16/98 500 62,029.95 7/2/98 114.271 1,900.69 7/22/98 300 38,279.95 7/23/98 300 37,229.95 8/4/98 400 48,029.95 10/2/98 15.7624 711.20 1 Petitioner acquired these shares with reinvested dividends. On April 9, 1998, 1,800 shares of Merck stock were transferred to petitioner’s Schwab account. Petitioner’s basis in that stock is not in the record.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next
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