ACATS Cost Basis Transfer | Original Lot History After ACATS

PROOF LOG #001

ACATS Cost Basis Transfer | Original Lot History After ACATS

When the assets transfer, but the tax history does not.

Original Lot Record
100 TSLA
2023-02-01
$20,000 Basis

The original purchase remains the source truth for the final sale.

Transfer-In Record
2025-01-15
Basis: $0

The asset arrives, but the transfer row can read like a new lot.

The assets transferred.

The tax history did not.

This is a record-reconciliation problem.

WATCH THE RECONSTRUCTION

Watch the transfer artifact being neutralized and the sale being re-attached to the original lot.

TL;DR
  • Original purchase: 100 TSLA on 2023-02-01 at $200
  • Transfer-in artifact shows 2025-01-15 with $0 basis
  • If the ACATS error remains, the sale can read as a $25,000 short-term gain
  • The operator silences the artifact and matches the sale through Target Lot ID
  • Tax Report and Audit Trail reflect the prepared correction
  • Final result: $20,000 basis / $5,000 gain / LONG

EXECUTIVE PROOF

1099-B / Transfer View

  • transfer-in record may appear as a new lot
  • basis may appear as $0
  • acquisition date may appear reset
  • term may appear short-term
  • the reviewer is left reconstructing history manually

FDL Prepared Record

  • original lot remains the source truth
  • sale is matched to TSLA-20230201-01
  • cost basis is carried into Tax Report
  • original acquisition date remains reviewable
  • Audit Trail preserves the consumed source lot

PHASE 1 — THE ARTIFACT

A transfer-in row can look like a new purchase even when nothing new was acquired.

In this case, the working file showed:

  • Date2025-01-15
  • Basis$0
  • Position100 TSLA
  • Effectthe sale can read as a short-term zero-basis disposition

What moved was the asset.
What broke was the record.

PHASE 2 — THE CONTROLLED CORRECTION

FDL Pro does not guess across brokers.

The operator performs a controlled correction:

  • SilenceThe zero-basis transfer row is removed from tax-lot computation and retained only as a memo record.
  • MatchThe sale is linked to TSLA-20230201-01 through Target Lot ID.
  • Run Audit pushes the prepared correction through Tax Report and Audit Trail.

This is not automatic ACATS repair.
It is a controlled, reviewable correction.

FORENSIC EVIDENCE

What must remain intact

  • Original acquisition dateThe transfer must not become a new purchase.
  • Basis continuityThe original $20,000 basis must remain connected to the sale.
  • Lot identityThe final disposition must remain tied to TSLA-20230201-01.

What FDL makes legible

  • TransactionsShows the artifact being silenced and the sale being matched.
  • Tax ReportShows the corrected result.
  • Audit TrailShows the consumed source lot and final close.

This is the point of the white-box architecture:
the correction is visible, not implied.

WHY THIS CASE MATTERS

ACATS is not a taxable event.

It should not create a new tax history.

When basis disappears and the acquisition date resets, the same sale can read radically differently.

Broken transfer view: $25,000 SHORT gain.
Prepared record: $5,000 LONG gain.

This is not tax alpha.

This is truth restoration.

WHAT FDL IS SHOWING HERE

FDL Pro is not creating a new answer.

It is executing a prepared correction to a broken transfer record.

The value is not in guessing.

The value is in making the correction:

  • explicit
  • deterministic
  • reviewable
  • traceable to the lot level

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