In case anyone encounters the same problem: one can edit the cost basis of transferred positions:
https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/am/am/reports/positiontransferbasis.htm -- Zhuoyun Wei On Thu, May 2, 2019, at 01:39, Zhuoyun Wei wrote: > I just run a custom report. Indeed the lot information is lost. The > purchase date and cost basis are both wrong. I'll contact IB custom > support to fix that... > > -- > Zhuoyun Wei > > On Wed, May 1, 2019, at 22:06, Justus Pendleton wrote: > > On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:48:34 AM UTC+7, Zhuoyun Wei wrote: > > > One thing surprises me is that the receiving broker (InteractiveBrokers, > > > to be exact) does not preserve the cost basis. In its PDF statement and > > > the TWS, the cost basis of the inbound positions is the price when IBKR > > > receives the positions. It's my first time doing ACATS, so I have no idea > > > if this is a normal thing. > > > > I have done an ACATS to Interactive Brokers and it preserved my cost > > basis & the date of acquisition. > > > > I would double check that the cost basis is actually gone. IB makes > > this surprisingly hard to verify. You need to create a custom report to > > see lots. Go to Statements, click the gear icon in Custom Statements on > > the right, click the + to create a new statement, and select "Open > > Positions" in the Sections. Then run that report and you can see all of > > your lots, with their date of acquisition and cost basis. > > > > If it is wrong, I'd contact IB support and tell them to fix it. From > > what I gather, brokers are generally happy to put whatever you tell > > them in the cost basis data. After all, if it is wrong, they don't get > > in trouble with the tax authorities....you do. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Beancount" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/884c28a7-3deb-4301-bbc5-156d66aff085%40googlegroups.com > > > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/884c28a7-3deb-4301-bbc5-156d66aff085%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/023a08bd-3a0a-4aff-b5a5-a162171600f5%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
