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- From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
- Subject: Re: Buying stock with a friend
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:30:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.203052.26541@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <By6GCu.qK.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article <By6GCu.qK.1@cs.cmu.edu> tjochem@d3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Todd Jochem) writes:
- >A friend of mine and I are thinking about buying a stock togther but we have
- >some questions. He works at a financial service company which operates a
- >brokerage house and can get really cheap commissions, the only thing is that the
- >purchase must be in his name. I don't mind if the stock is in his name but we are
- >concerned about how taxation will occur if we follow this course.
- >
- >Does anyone have any suggestions about this situation??
-
- Sounds strange that they won't allow him to open a joint account.
-
- I suppose you can draw up a contract in which you have an equal
- share in this account. Could be trouble if you disagree later.
- If he has possession you would have to sue him, and that could get
- expensive and time consuming.
-
- But it really boils down to trust. If you trust each other, draw up
- an agreement, and work it out.
-
-
-
- Taxes are the least of your concern.
-
- Assume the form 1099s all go to him. On his tax form he says:
-
- To Nominee Taxpayer ID nnn-nnn-nnnn ($nn.nn) and deducts
- that amount. On your tax return you say:
-
- From Nominee Taxpayer ID mmm-mm-mmmm ($nn.nn) and you add it
- to your return.
-
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- Art Kamlet a_s_kamlet@att.com AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
-