[GNC] Tutorial for moving stock between accounts?

[Jon Leech]

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Christopher Lam wrote:
> There may not be any internal technical restrictions preventing you from
> directly decreasing the share count of a share account, and increasing in
> another.
>
> However this is pretty much uncharted territory when it comes to reports
> and reporting assumptions.
>
> Typically I'd expect someone who tries to move shares between brokers to be
> liquidating their brokerage account, record any capital gains or losses,
> and immediately buy shares in the other account.

    I don't know how typical my use case is, but that seems like an
unwise thing to do, in general. I wouldn't want to realize capital gains
or losses solely as a side effect of moving shares from one broker to
another!

    All brokers I have accounts with have a process for directly
transferring shares, usually just filling out a web form identifying the
other broker and the specific shares / lots to transfer.

    Jon