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Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

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hazeleyes33
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Ginger

Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

I have heard that I should take the amount I sold the stock for, minus it from what it was orginally bought for and take 15% and that is what I will have to pay taxes on it.
Is that true? I hope so because it is less than I thought!!!

Posted 10/22/07 1:02 PM
 
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Ginger123
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dana

Re: Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

helpful

Posted 10/22/07 1:19 PM
 

DDB336
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Diana

Re: Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

I think this is correct if you held the security a least a year. If it's less than a year then the tax rate on the gain is at your ordinary rate.

Posted 10/22/07 1:19 PM
 

CookiePuss
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Re: Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

Posted by hazeleyes33

I have heard that I should take the amount I sold the stock for, minus it from what it was orginally bought for and take 15% and that is what I will have to pay taxes on it.
Is that true? I hope so because it is less than I thought!!!



It depends on the holding period. A year or less is considered short term capital gain and is taxed as ordinary income. A year plus 1 day is considered a long term capital gain and is taxed at the long term capital gains rate; which is 5% or 15% depending on your tax bracket.

You figure the your capital gain by

Gross proceeds of sale (lot)
- any transaction costs
- Cost basis (lot)
= Net proceeds...if it's more then your cost basis, you have a gain and if it is less, you have a loss.

Message edited 10/22/2007 1:34:56 PM.

Posted 10/22/07 1:34 PM
 

hazeleyes33
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Ginger

Re: Anyone familiar with selling stocks and tax time?

I had the stock for 25 years.

Thanks!

Posted 10/22/07 1:54 PM
 
 

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