this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2024
43 points (92.2% liked)

Economy

394 readers
209 users here now

Lemmy Community for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, current trends and more.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you sell stock that lost and made money in balance like that, then you're just liquidating your own money. There hasn't been any profit, so there's nothing that should be taxed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

True. But it's also part of a greater strategy to avoid paying taxes.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/taxgainlossharvesting.asp