Timeline for What is the purpose of the wash sale rule?
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| Apr 7, 2017 at 14:42 | comment | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | Yes, it is. User hit it perfectly. Instead of the phrasing "what is the purpose" which obviously runs afoul of your note to avoid "to avoid citizens saving on tax bill", he focused/rephrased to "what actions does this law avoid/prevent, and why"? With over 10,000 questions, you can see there are those that are very straightforward / on topic, and those that are in the grey area. Fine line sometimes. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 14:37 | comment | added | Jess Riedel | I welcome any advice on how I could have asked this question differently that would have elicited his answer while minimizing discussion. (It's hard!) | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 14:35 | comment | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | If user662852's answer suffices for you, that's great. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 14:27 | comment | added | Jess Riedel | My comment elsewhere answers your first criticism. Regarding whether the question has an answer: note that a similar question has a specific answer: "Q: What is the purpose of the gift tax, and why is the max rate 40%? A: to prevent parents from going around the estate tax.". How is one supposed to determine whether my question has an analogously good answer or not until it is asked? I'm happy if my question has few votes because it doesn't generate good answers, but the existence of the question is still useful for documenting this. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 14:03 | history | answered | JTP - Apologise to Monica♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |