2022 was a challenging year for stocks. The S&P 500 (SPY) fell 20% and the tech heavy NASDAQ (QQQ) fell 34%, its worst year since the financial crisis in 2008.
While its disappointing for stocks to have a down year, here’s some good news. Investors who sold losing stocks in 2022 may be eligible for tax savings. This is due to a simple but powerful tax exemption offered by the IRS.
Here are some more details from nerdwallet.com.
Tax-loss harvesting is a way to cut your tax bill by selling investments at a loss in order to deduct those losses on your taxes. Deducting those losses can offset some or all of the capital gains tax you might owe on other investments that you sold for a profit.
- Tax-loss harvesting involves selling an investment at a loss in order to offset the taxes resulting from a capital gain.
- Typically, the asset sold at a loss is replaced with a similar investment after a certain time frame.
- When capital losses are greater than capital gains, investors can deduct up to $3,000 ($1,500 if married filing separately) from their taxable income.
- If net losses for a certain year exceed $3,000, the balance can be carried over and deducted on future returns.
- Typically, the asset sold at a loss is replaced with a similar investment after a certain time frame.
- Only available to taxable accounts, IRA accounts not eligible.
Now that tax season has arrived, this is a good time to take a closer look at taxable brokerage accounts to determine if you qualify. This process is actually quite simple.
Form 1099-B: taxable brokerage accounts create an annual 1099-B form that documents all capital gains and losses on the account. This form can be used for tax purposes to determine if an investor is eligible to deduct stock losses.
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