Cost Basis Disposal Methods

The following table lists the available cost basis disposal methods.

Note
When FIFO or INFI disposal method is used, tax lots with unknown cost deplete first. For all other disposal methods, tax lots with unknown cost deplete last.

Mnemonic Name Description
FIFO First-In, First-Out Shares with the oldest holding period date are disposed first, regardless of unit cost (basis per share). Shares with unknown cost basis will be depleted first.
HICO High Cost In, First-Out Shares with the greatest cost basis per share acquisition cost are disposed of first. If more than one lot has the same price, the oldest shares will be depleted first.
HICL High Cost In, First-Out, Long-Term Shares with a long-term holding period date (> 1 year) are disposed first, beginning with the greatest cost basis per share. Then shares with a short-term holding period date (< 1 year) are disposed, beginning with those shares that have the greatest cost basis per share.
HICS High Cost In, First-Out, Short-Term Shares with a short-term holding period date (< 1 year) are disposed first, beginning with the greatest cost basis per share. Then shares with the long-term holding period date are disposed, beginning with those shares that have the greatest cost basis per share.
INFI Intraday First-In, First-Out Shares purchased on the sale date are disposed first. Once all lots purchased on the sale date are depleted, the disposal method reverts to FIFO. Shares with unknown cost basis will be depleted first.

! Important: Time-stamps on trades are not used to determine the order intraday lots are depleted.
LIFO Last-In, First-Out Shares with the most recent holding period date are disposed first, regardless of the unit cost (basis per share).
LOCO Low Cost In, First-Out Shares with the lowest cost basis per share are disposed first, regardless of holding period date.
LOCL Low Cost In, First-Out, Long-Term Shares with a long-term holding period date (> 1 year) are disposed first, beginning with the lowest cost basis per share. Then shares with a short-term holding period date (< 1 year) are disposed, beginning with those shares that have the lowest cost basis per share.
LOCS Low Cost In, First-Out, Short-Term Shares with a short-term holding period date (< 1 year) are disposed first, beginning with the lowest cost basis per share. Then shares with a long-term holding period date (> 1 year) are disposed, beginning with those shares that have the lowest cost basis per share.
PROP Proportionate Shares in all available lots, including unknown, are disposed proportionately.

! Important: This disposal method is not available as a default disposal method and is only eligible for VSP requests by disposal method.
STTS Short-Term Tax Sensitive Lots are depleted in the following sequence:
  1. Short-term lots disposed at a loss (high loss to low loss, or highest cost to lowest cost)
  2. Long-term lots disposed at a loss (high loss to low loss, or highest cost to lowest cost)
  3. Short-term lots disposed at no gain or loss
  4. Long-term lots disposed at no gain or loss
  5. Long-term lots disposed at a gain (low gain to high gain, or highest cost to lowest cost)
  6. Short-term lots depleted at a gain (low gain to high gain, or highest cost to lowest cost)
TXSN Tax Sensitive Share depletion first considers lots in order to maximize the loss amount. Then the IRS long- and short-term tax rates are considered along with the gain to minimize the tax burden.

 

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