Questions tagged [capital-gains-tax]
Questions related to the tax liability from the appreciation of assets, e.g. stocks, mutual funds, real estate.
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Which lots have to be sold in a wash sale?
Here's the scenario:
I have multiple wash sales with the same company. Let's use Apple as an example where I'm day-trading in and out of Apple. The price continues dropping and I keep buying back at ...
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Do non-resident aliens pay taxes on stock market gains?
I am a student in the US with a F1 visa and live in the US too, but considered non-resident alien for tax purposes. If I invest my savings in the stock market, should I pay taxes on the gains? It is ...
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Short- vs. Long-term gains - buy/sell w/in 1 year
For mutual fund shares -
An individual investor has bought shares of a fund over time, including in previous years and within the last year.
If selling, can they use specific-ID cost basis to sell the ...
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How is capital gains from sale of listed bonds taxed in India?
Bonds in question:
INE092T08CD4 IDFC FIRST BANK LIMITED TRANCHE-1 SR-II NCD 12NV20 FVRS5000
An Indian resident purchased these bonds in fy2010 and sold them in fy2019 - a year before maturity - and ...
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Two year rule for excluding long term capital gains from the sale of my primary residence
I have two homes I live in equally. I travel between the two weekly. I spend 3 nights in one and 4 nights in the other and then flip that. Sometimes I stay a week to ten days in either of them at a ...
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Benefits of being paid as corporation - USA
I see a lot of articles describing how many corporations (notably Amazon) pay minimal/zero tax. What prevents me from having my employer pay my salary to a corporation I set up and having the corp use ...
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US: How do offshore bank accounts help?
How does having an offshore bank account help? From my (limited) understanding, the U.S. taxes on all income worldwide, so placing money offshore would still be taxed normally.
Why, then, do high net ...
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Do i have to pay capital gains tax if i sell ESPP stock from ESPP account and bought same stock from individual broker account
Do i have to pay capital gains tax if i sell ESPP stock from ESPP account and bought same stock from individual broker account?
Here is an example:
I have 100 shares of ESPP stock allocated at 50$ in ...
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Which professionals should I work with for a 1031 exchange?
I know what a 1031 exchange is, and it's complex enough to know that I need help with it. The problem is I'm not sure who I need help from. My property I'm selling is about to start escrow and my ...
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Wash sale deductible?
Day 1: I purchase Stock A.
Day 5: I purchase more Stock A.
Day 18: I sell 1/2 of total investment for a loss.
I don't repurchase same or similar stock.
Is this loss deductible, to be netted with ...
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Selling winner stocks during year of realized net loss: a good idea?
I am young and in a low income bracket. Due to the current economic climate, I've realized a large amount of losses and also have an atypically large unrealized gain.
I could sell (and re-buy) either ...
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AMT ISO deferrals for nonimmigrant. Sold shares after leaving US
I lived in the US from 2013 and 2016 on an E-3 nonimmigrant visa.
As part of my full-time employment contract, I was granted ISO shares in a pre-IPO company.
I exercised most of the vested shares in ...
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Capital gains question
Please help me figure out capital gains.
Let's say that I bought 10 shares at $100/share with a cost basis of $1,000 and when it went up to $200/share after 3 months, I sold it for $2,000. Now I have ...
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Am I in trouble if in my taxes I didn't declare that I sold 1 bitcoin and immediately bought it back losing a little money?
I am a US resident and (a few years back while I was living in Europe) I bought 1 BTC for about 6,000 ā¬.
For the first time this year, I filed my 2019 taxes in the US and I used TurboTax.
I asked ...
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UK Capital gains tax
If I invest Ā£100,000 in the stock market, and assume, for the sake of argument, they rise in price 100% in a year. I then sell Ā£24,600 worth in the subsequent year. I haven't used any of my UK capital ...
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How will Options on Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures be taxed in the US?
CME is going to publish a new contract: Options on Micro E-mini S&P 500 Future in Aug 31, 2020. I was wondering how will it be taxed?
There's already discussion like
Are futures options eligible ...
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Selecting lots when rebalancing
I'm about to rebalance my portfolio of ETFs. For the selling part, I have several lots to choose from, and I'm not sure if it matters much which one I pick. All lots have long term capital gains.
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How can I manually delete or regenerate California Schedule D (540) in TurboTax?
How can I manually delete or regenerate California Schedule D (540) in TurboTax? I'd prefer not to have to start over the California tax section in TurboTax.
Motivation (TL;DR: incorrect cost basis ...
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Taxation on LLC capital gains
If I formed an LLC with private investors and had short-term capital gains then,
Are the capital gains taxed on the amount excluding the dividends/profits paid to investors?
Will the investors have ...
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How is the profit of a sale of stock calculated for taxes if the initial investment amount is divested, and the profit remains invested
I hope the title is accurate/descriptive. Open to suggestions edits if something makes more sense after reading.
The best way I can describe this is with a scenario. So:
$5,000 is invested in stock A
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Capital gains and unable to claim it as my primary residence because I have to work from overseas
Is there a way for a partial exclusion in this situation:
I left the US in 2016 to work from Istanbul, and still no end in sight as to how long I will be here. I have to sell the property (the only ...
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Delay in submitting W-8 BEN
I left the USA on 1/31/2019 for India, and have been in India ever since. According to 1040 NR instructions on page 10 (dual status tax payers), I could be argued as being a non-resident for 2019 ...
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1040 NR Capital gains Line 14
As a non-resident alien, I was told that I do not have to pay capital gains tax in the USA. Why then is there line 14 for reporting capital gains in 1040NR?
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Long term capital gains tax on equities in India
Which of the following is applicable to long term capital gains on Indian stocks and on foreign stocks?
a) Long-term capital gains are subject to tax at 20%;
b) Long-term capital gains arising from ...
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Short term capital gains tax on equities in India
I read that the short term capital gains tax in India is 15% if there is securities transaction tax, and if there is not, short term capital gains is taxed as ordinary income. I have the following two ...
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Net short term capital gain in India [duplicate]
Suppose I have two securities A and B in India. I sell A at a profit of 100 INR, and B at a loss of 90 INR. Both transactions are short-term. So my net gain is 10 INR. But I buy B immediately ...
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Taxes on selling a house I rented
I paid $200,000 for a house in 2007. I lived there until 3 years ago, at which point I rented it out because the real estate market was not good. Now, it is able to be sold for $250,000
I understand ...
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What assets/earnings are included as “income” when determining capital-gains tax rates? [duplicate]
According to Investopedia, people pay varying long-term capital gains tax based on an income-based rate schedule.
It appears that a person with single tax-filing status who earns less than $39,375 (...
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Can wash sales turn profit into loss after taxes?
Consider a person who repeatedly changes allocation between 2 securities within a few days, by selling the security whose prices went up and buying the security whose price when down.
Is it possible ...
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Taxation of capital gains on leveraged ETFs
Are capital gains on leveraged ETFs in the USA given a tax treatment different from the tax treatment given to capital gains on stocks? Leveraged ETFs use derivatives to generate their returns, and ...
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Crypto-cashback debit card tax (UK)
I have a pre-paid VISA card with a 2% cashback paid in cryptocurrency in every purchase. I was wondering how this is taxed?
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Can I ignore form 2439?
I got my first form 2439 (Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains). After doing research, it seems that since I didn't actually get any money, the net result is a not-so-large gain after I sell the ...
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Taxation of foreign capital gains for Indian residents
How are capital gains on specifically foreign stocks taxed in India for Indian residents? Are they added to income and taxed at ordinary tax rates? If yes, can capital losses be deducted from ordinary ...
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Holding period determined by closing date?
I own a stock (purchased on June 3, 2019) that I plan to sell once it becomes a long-term holding. I expected that to happen tomorrow (June 3, 2020) or later, so I was surprised when I looked at my ...
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Should I sell investments to pay for grad school?
I'm planning to attend graduate school (USA), which will cost around 200k over 3 years. I have about 200k in highly appreciated stock (basis average of 100k, long-term gain) in a personal investment ...
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Can share losses from previous tax year offset property capital gain in current tax year
I made a loss in stock market in previous years with the total amount of Ā£40,000. This was declared in my self-assessment.
This year, I made capital gain from selling a BTL property and profited Ā£45,...
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Publication 523 - “residency” on “Gain Exclusions” selling primary residence
Part of the Publication 523 from the IRS guides on Capitol Gains states the following:
"If you were ever away from home, you need to determine whether that time counts towards your residence ...
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How much do I need to pay as taxes for this investment? How to calculate it?
I am relatively new to both investing and doing your taxes in Germany. I have read many articles, none of which were official documents because I couldn't find them (also I don't know German). But I ...
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Year End Taxes for Property Sale
My grandmother & grandfather (who are now divorced if that matters) purchased a 5 acre lot in Texas in the 1980's for $30,000. In 2017 my grandmother signed her portion of the deed over to me and ...
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Is there any tax liability for non-residents who withdraw investment income into a UK bank account?
Let's say Bob is a resident and tax domiciled somewhere outside the UK, e.g. Singapore.
Bob opened a stock brokerage account with a European broker, and the account is funded through a UK-based ...
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Can long term capital loss be claimed in India when shares are moved to escrow account for dissolution
I am an Indian resident taxpayer. I had shares of Yahoo which were traded as Altaba Inc. (AABA), held for more than 4yrs in a US demat account. The company has filed for dissolution last year and ...
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Do short term capital losses have to be used against long term capital gains for tax purposes?
As explained in this article, I understand that short term capital losses can be used to offset long term capital gains:
Long-term gain with short-term loss
Again we have to consider two ...
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Property owned by a child “A” and a parent (50/50), gifting child “A” 50% interest to a parent
My mother and my sister co-own an apartment. My sister wants to gift all of her interest to my mother. On my mother's will, I am sole beneficiary.
After my mother's passing, what is my capital tax ...
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When would holding U.S. stocks in a non-registered account be better than in a TFSA?
Assume your RRSP is full, and you must buy U.S. stock in TFSA or in an unregistered [aka non-registered] account. The default answer seems to be TFSA!
If you have an RRSP, a TFSA and a non-...
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Did these trades cause a wash sale?
I bought and then sold a stock for a gain on April 15th.
I bought the same stock again last week and I am going to sell it for a loss.
Is this a wash sale? This is USA.
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Can capital losses be used to offset capital gains for California state taxes?
California treats capital gains just like normal income
Suppose I have capital gains of $10k and capital losses of $8k
Will this add $2k (from $10k - $8k) to my California taxable income?
Or will ...
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Will employees paid in Bitcoin, etc be subject to capital gains upon transferring to fiat in the US?
A company is able to pay its employees either partially or at 100% in Bitcoin. The company reports and withholds the appropriate USD equivalent on the employee's tax return.
If the employee holds the ...
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What kind of inventory accounting does the UK use?
I'm in a bit of a pickle with regards to my tax residency. I am not sure whether I should pay my Capital Gains tax in the UK or Romania for the 2019 tax year.
I made a lot of transactions last year, ...
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Understanding Ethereum network fees for tax purposes
My question is in relation to UK tax as explained in this document, however it should be applicable to other jurisdictions as well.
Ethereum is a platform for decentralised finance. Unlike Bitcoin, ...
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Personal wallet transfer fees in relation to UK tax on cryptos
Reading UK's official guidance on cryptoassets, I understand that pretty much anything that you do with your cryptos is classified as a disposal:
Individuals need to calculate their gain or loss ...
