you get a step up in cost basis after the benefactor dies.
you get a step up in cost basis after the benefactor dies.
when do you get a step up in cost basis?
after the benefactor dies
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under internal revenue code § 1014(a), when a person (the beneficiary) receives an asset from a giver (the benefactor) after the benefactor dies, the asset often receives a stepped-up basis, which is its market value at the time the benefactor dies. a stepped-up basis is often much higher than the before-death cost basis, which is primarily the benefactor's purchase price for the asset. because taxable capital-gain income is the selling price minus the basis, a high stepped-up basis can greatly reduce the beneficiary's taxable capital-gain income when the beneficiary sells the inherited asset. 









































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stepped-up basis
cost basis reporting is a term used in the financial services industry that refers to identifying the actual cost of a security for income tax purposes. cost basis reporting became mandatory on january 1, 2011. the emergency economic stabilization act of 2008 – popularly known as the “bailout bill” – was signed into law on october 3, 2008 to address the mounting global financial crisis. the act also had important cost basis ramifications, because section 403 contained provisions that place significant cost basis-related requirements on brokers and other intermediaries who report their clients’ adjusted cost basis on irs form 1099.
cost basis