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Posted by Geoff on September 5, 2007, 10:58 am
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I will have a great deal of long term capital gains this
year. I need to raise some cash by selling off investments.
The only losses available to me are short term. Can I offset
long term capital gains with short term losses? Any
disadvantage to doing this? At the moment I have no short
term capital gains.
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Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on September 6, 2007, 4:10 am
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> I will have a great deal of long term capital gains this
> year. I need to raise some cash by selling off investments.
> The only losses available to me are short term. Can I offset
> long term capital gains with short term losses? Any
> disadvantage to doing this? At the moment I have no short
> term capital gains.
There is a pecking order for deducting capital losses, but
the net result is that any short term losses will reduce the
long-term gains. You'll see that when you work through
Schedule D.
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Paul A. Thomas, CPA
Athens, Georgia
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Posted by joetaxpayer on September 6, 2007, 4:10 am
Please log in for more thread options Geoff wrote:
> I will have a great deal of long term capital gains this
> year. I need to raise some cash by selling off investments.
> The only losses available to me are short term. Can I offset
> long term capital gains with short term losses? Any
> disadvantage to doing this? At the moment I have no short
> term capital gains.
Well, long term gains are only 15% (effectively up to 22% if
you are in AMT land), and the short term losses can
potentially offset ordinary income, up to $3,000. But if the
gains are large, the shifting around may not benefit you. So
you're probably ok to go. No other huge disadvantage I know
of.
JOE
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Posted by Bill on September 6, 2007, 4:10 am
Please log in for more thread options Geoff@yahoo.com (Geoff) posted:
> I will have a great deal of long term capital
> gains this year. I need to raise some cash by
> selling off investments. The only losses
> available to me are short term. Can I offset
> long term capital gains with short term losses?
> Any disadvantage to doing this? At the
> moment I have no short term capital gains.
Never fear. As you work your way through Schedule D, all
gains and losses -- whether Short- or Long-Term --
ultimately get joined together, and one gets subtracted from
the other, for that particular year. Of course, LT gains
are advantageously taxed, so it's preferable to have a
preponderance of those, as in your case.
However, if you have ST losses, this can be an excellent
time to _harvest_ them, since they can partially offset the
tax liability from the gains you are realizing when you sell
your LT successful investments. (If some are in issues
which you believe show long-term promise, remember you can
re-invest after 30+ days have elapsed, and establish a new
cost basis.)
For the remainder, at least you will benefit from the 15%
rate currently in effect for LT gains.
Bill
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Posted by Seth on September 6, 2007, 9:34 pm
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> However, if you have ST losses, this can be an excellent
> time to _harvest_ them, since they can partially offset the
> tax liability from the gains you are realizing when you sell
> your LT successful investments.
Though if you expect short-term gains in the future, keeping
the losses available (even if they become long-term, they
might not) could be a better strategy.
Seth
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