Your cost basis is not the price of the stock when it was spun off. It's a portion of your cost basis in the parent company that AT&T allocated to the spin off. No one likes to pay taxes and penalties so you probably should consider some other options including transferring the money to a 529 for a qualifying relative. Or you could just leave the money in the account in case your son decides to change his mind later on.

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