[GNC] How to record a stock spinoff?

[David G. Pickett via gnucash-user]

GNUCash seems to lack tools to allow me to deal with our 40 CMCSA spinning off 
6.2 VSNT, never mind how to handle the $6.70 from the .2 VSNT.  I might be in 
trouble because I started the CMCSA with opening balance, not a historical buy. 
 The basis is deep buried in family and ATT history, derived off a stock option 
of the wife's first husband, also a David!  They have web sites for that sort 
of thing, but I have no record of his stock receipt!  Sometimes I use his death 
date, when title shifted to his wife, but I am sure that is not a legal fudge.  
I suspect the difficulty establishing a basis compounds the problems of showing 
the spinoff.  I look forward to having to report capital gains on .2 shares 
$6.70 !  Is there a basis editor hiding in there somewhere?  Maybe I can get 
the broker to do $6.70 in fractional shares!  One tutoring student made me 
aware that Robinhood has people trading in tiny fractional shares, like 6 
places!  She wants to keep the shares, as before he died, he said "Never sell, 
this is good stuff!"  I suppose it is another curse on her estate and executor, 
who might be me!
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