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How does the IRS determine the cost basis of inherited stocks when the original purchaser bought them decades ago through a dividend reinvestment plan?

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How does the IRS determine the cost basis of inherited stocks when the original purchaser bought them decades ago through a dividend reinvestment plan?
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IRS Publication 551 inherited property basis fair market value date of death dividend reinvestment plan inherited stock basisGoogle ↗
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IRS Publication 559 alternate valuation date inherited property basis stocks date of deathGoogle ↗
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IRS Publication 551 inherited property basis fair market value date of death dividend reinvestment plan inherited stock basis Google ↗
IRS Publication 559 alternate valuation date inherited property basis stocks date of death Google ↗

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IRS Publication 551 inherited property basis fair market value date of death dividend reinvestment plan inherited stock basis
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IRS Publication 559 alternate valuation date inherited property basis stocks date of death
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