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A wash sale is a sale of a security at a loss and repurchasing the same or substantially identical stock shortly before or after with the intention of realizing the loss as a claimable tax deduction but still reaping gains if the security's price recovers.

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Why does my brokerage show "adjusted due to previous wash sale disallowed loss" when I sold ...

Over a month ago, I wanted to do some tax-loss harvesting. I wanted to sell a fund that had dropped in value and replace it with a more generic fund. Right before I sold, the fund paid out dividends w …
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How do I control how dividends are reinvested in my 401(k)?

I have a 401(k) through Ascensus. I would like to do tax loss harvesting with an index fund I hold in my taxable account and I want to make sure there is no possible wash sale in my 401(k). Therefore, …
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Wash sale rule with dividend reinvestment

Let's say I buy some stock. Two weeks later it pays a dividend which is reinvested in fractional shares of the stock. The next day I sell all shares at a loss. Would this be considered a wash sale? Th …
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