Tax Basis Worksheet
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On July 9, 2001, AT & T completed the distribution of the common stock of AT & T Wireless it owned to its shareholders of record on June 22, 2001. Shareholders of AT & T received 32 shares of AT & T Wireless common stock for every 100 shares of AT & T owned. Since this special distribution (of Wireless stock) was a tax-free distribution, the tax basis allocation of the spin-off should be:
AT & T Corp 77.66%
AT & T Wireless 22.34%
(Based upon the cost basis of AT & T stock purchased or owned prior to 06/22/2001)
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