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The Complete Guide to Income Tax Return Filings For Capital Gains
What is a Capital Gain? keywords: capital gain definition, capital gains tax law Capital gains are profits from the sale of an asset you own, like stocks, bonds or real estate. Capital gains are categorized as short-term or long-term. Short-term capital gains happen when you sell an asset within one year of buying it. Long-term capital gains happen when you sell an asset after one year and before six years since purchase. Capital Gain Tax Law: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxes a capital gain as either a short-term or long-term gain depending on how long the investment was owned and how it was used by the taxpayer. The IRS defines a short-term gain as any investment that was owned for less than one year before being sold, while a long term gain is any investment that was owned for Read more…